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Lake Valley
Lake Valley is located in California
Lake Valley
Lake Valley
Location in California
Lake Valley is located in the United States
Lake Valley
Lake Valley
Location in the United States
Country United States
State California
County El Dorado County
Elevation
6,207 ft (1,892 m)

Lake Valley (formerly, Bigler Lake Valley) is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It extends for 8 miles (13 km) along the Upper Truckee River from Lake Tahoe to Meyers, at an elevation of 6207 feet (1892 m).

The place was founded in or before 1853. There was a pony express remount station at the top of the valley in the early 1860s. There used to be a railroad that ran down Lake Valley and terminated at a pier in Bijou.

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