Editing Lake Tahoe (section)

===Highways===
[[Image:Caverock.JPG|thumb|right|[[Cave Rock Tunnel]] on US 50]]
[[Image:50 through South Lake Tahoe by Mark Miller.jpg|thumb|right|[[U.S. Route 50 in California|U.S. Route 50]] in South Lake Tahoe]]
Visitors can reach Lake Tahoe under ideal conditions within two hours from the Sacramento area, one hour from Reno or thirty minutes from Carson City. In winter months, chains or snow tires are often necessary to reach Tahoe from any direction. Traffic can be heavy on weekends due to tourists if not also from weather.

The primary routes to Lake Tahoe are on [[Interstate 80 (California)|Interstate 80]] via Truckee, [[U.S. Route 50]], and [[Nevada State Route 431]] via Reno. Most of the highways accessing and encircling Lake Tahoe are paved two-lane mountain roads. US 50 is a four-lane highway (from the canyon of the South Fork American River at Riverton, over the Sierra Nevada at Echo Summit, and into the Lake Tahoe Basin, is a mainly two-lane road) passing south of the lake and along part of the eastern shore.

[[California State Route 89]] follows the western shore of the lake through the picturesque wilderness and connects camping, fishing and hiking locations such as those at Emerald Bay State Park, [[D. L. Bliss State Park|DL Bliss State Park]] and [[Camp Richardson, California|Camp Richardson]]. Farther along are communities such as [[Meeks Bay, California|Meeks Bay]] and Tahoe City. Finally, the highway turns away from the lake and heads northwest toward Truckee.

[[California State Route 28]] completes the circuit from Tahoe City around the northern shore to communities such as Kings Beach, Crystal Bay, and into Incline Village, Nevada where the road becomes [[Nevada State Route 28]]. Route 28 returns along the eastern shore to US 50 near Spooner Lake.