Donner Memorial State Park and Emigrant Trail Museum

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7 / 10

3 expert reviews

“The park and museum commemorate the Donner Party, westward-bound pioneers—about 90; historians debate the exact number—who became trapped in the Sierra in the winter of 1846–47 in snow 22 feet deep.”

– Fodor's

Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"At the eastern end of Donner Lake, this state-run park occupies one of the sites where the doomed Donner Party got trapped during the fateful winter of 1846–47." Full review
U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report
3.0
"Here, you'll find a great stone pedestal commemorating the Donner Party, the legendary pioneers who fell victim to the harsh Sierra Nevada winter of 1846 to 1847. " Full review