Trout Creek (Truckee River tributary)

Trout Creek (Truckee River)
Beaver Dam on Trout Creek in Truckee, CA courtesy Ted Guzzi 2010
Location of the mouth within California
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionNevada County
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates39°20′49″N 120°14′46″W / 39.34694°N 120.24611°W / 39.34694; -120.24611
  elevation6,550 ft (2,000 m)
MouthConfluence with the Truckee River
  location
Truckee, California
  coordinates
39°19′56″N 120°09′54″W / 39.33222°N 120.16500°W / 39.33222; -120.16500
  elevation
5,745 ft (1,751 m)

Trout Creek is a small tributary of the Truckee River draining about 5.1 square miles (13 km2) along the eastern crest of the Sierra Nevada. It originates east of Donner Ridge and north of Donner Lake in the Tahoe–Donner Golf Course and flows through the town of Truckee, California, to its confluence with the Truckee River in Nevada County, California, just west of Highway 267.