The only planned community development on the shores of Lake Tahoe, Incline Village makes the most of its spectacular alpine location. Its almost 10,000 residents and countless happy visitors enjoy world-class skiing and the incomparable outdoor recreation opportunities available on the lake, and in the mountains and the high desert. Add easy access to the excitement of Reno’s casinos, nightlife, arts, and culture, and the rich history and of nearby towns and it’s easy to see why Incline Village is one of the nation’s most sought-after addresses.
Location
Incline Village is located on the northern shore of Lake Tahoe near the California State Line in Northern Nevada.
Geography/Terrain
Incline Village lies on the shore of Lake Tahoe, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Range.
Distance to 3 Closest Major Cities
Carson City is 15 miles from Incline Village, while Reno is 21 miles, and Sacramento is 115 miles away.
Housing
As the only planned community development in the Tahoe Basin, enjoying the benefits of Nevada’s favorable tax climate, Incline Village offers highly desirable real estate investment opportunities. Inventory is low and prices start at around $600,000 with lakeside homes selling for up to $15 million or more. The median sales price for single family homes increased from $905,000 to $1,045,000 in the year to 1st quarter 2006. Condos are popular, with prices ranging from around $250,000 to over $2 million.
Parks/Sports/Recreation/Golf
The northern end of Lake Tahoe is very well provided with lakeside parks and places for picnics, swimming, fishing, boating and kayaking, water skiing, and jet-skiing, while away from the lake the surrounding alpine country offers awesome scenery, wonderful summer hiking and mountain-biking, and some of the world’s best cross-country and downhill skiing and other snow sports. A favorite with the locals- and not just because it offers them special rates- Diamond Peak Ski Resort offers sensational skiing and snowboarding, and the most spectacular lake views. There are slopes for beginning, intermediate, and advanced skiers as well as 30 runs and 7 chairlifts, and a base lodge with all facilities, including a Gold Medal-winning ski shop.
The Incline Village Recreation Center is the best on the lake, boasting a 25 yard, 8 lane heated swimming pool, a state-of-the-art equipment and group fitness room, a huge gym, a licensed child care facility, and organized activities for all ages, including a variety of classes from aerobics to yoga.
The town also has a new skateboard park and a superb Tennis Complex with seven courts, coaching clinics and camps, and a ball machine for practicing your return. Three private beaches for Incline residents and their guests provide water skiing, swimming and picnicking, beach volleyball, and a beautiful Olympic-sized pool, and kids’ wading pool.
For golfers Incline Village and Lake Tahoe offer some of the best and most scenic courses in the country, while just a short drive away in the Reno area there are more superb courses to please even the most demanding of enthusiasts. Incline Village itself offers two marvelous courses in the unique Robert Trent Jones Jr. Mountain Course and the acclaimed Robert Trent Jones, Sr. Championship Course. With unforgettable mountain and lake views, exceptional amenities, and spectacular greens and fairways these courses will challenge and satisfy golfers at every level of skill.
Special Attractions/Events
Incline Village/Tahoe and Northern Nevada have so many incredible attractions and events to offer it is hard to choose, but for sheer novelty it’s hard to beat the annual Virgina City Camel Races. First held in 1959, when the event was attended by Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable who were filming The Misfits nearby, and when director John Huston was the rider of the winning camel, this extraordinary occasion now attracts camels and riders from as far away as Australia, and also features ostrich races.
Golfers, sports fans, and celebrity watchers all enjoy the annual Tahoe Celebrity Golf Week, which attracts a host of popular actors and sportspeople for a week of fun, fundraising, and excellent golf. Known as the “Super Bowl of Celebrity Sports” it draws almost 100 celebrity players including such passionate golfers as NBA's Charles Barkley and Chris Webber, NFL's John Elway and Ben Roethlisberger, Tennis Superstar Ivan Lendl, cyclist Lance Armstrong, and the 2006 Champion, Jack Wagner.
Not far from Incline Village, in the beautiful Sierra Nevada, Donner Memorial State Park offers wonderful camping, picnicking, boating, fishing, water-skiing, and hiking during the summer months, fantastic cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in winter, and breathtaking scenery all year round. It is also a place where visitors can come face to face with America’s pioneer past at the Emigrant Trail Museum and Pioneer Monument. Built to commemorate those indomitable folk who emigrated to California from the east in the mid-1800's, the Museum includes displays and information about the famous Donner Party, whose long ordeal at Donner Lake in the winter of 1846-47 has fascinated and horrified Americans for over 150 years.
Interesting Facts/Historic Buildings and Places
Now open the public, the extraordinary Thunderbird Lodge on the lake shore a few miles south of Incline Village is one of the few examples remaining of the period when wealthy San Francisco families built grand residential estates at Lake Tahoe. Built over several years from 1936, Thunderbird Lodge was owned by George Whittell, who originally planned to develop his 40,000 acres and 24 miles of lakefront into high-class summer properties, a ski run and a huge hotel-casino. Fortunately for future generations, Whittell’s interest in animals, nature and privacy overcame his business ambitions and he retained the property in its natural state until his death in 1969. The Lodge itself comprises numerous large and interesting buildings which reflect Whittell’s insistence that they should blend harmoniously into their pristine setting and be built using craftsmanship and materials of the highest standard.
A short drive from Incline Village, the fascinating Virginia City offers a unique glimpse of an original Old West mining town in the mid-1880’s. Situated atop the fabled Comstock Lode, the rip-roaring town’s gold and silver mines produced vast wealth which is said to have financed the Civil War, as well as the building of much of San Francisco. Although 80% of its original buildings were destroyed by fire in 1875, a few remain, like the MacKay Mansion, built in 1860 by John MacKay, the so-called “King of the Comstock”; the First Presbyterian Church, built in 1866; and the celebrated “Saint Mary's in the Mountains”, Nevada’s oldest Catholic church.
Among Virginia City’s other notable historic buildings, the Storey County Courthouse was rebuilt in 1876 after being almost destroyed by the great fire and still serves its original purpose, making it the oldest continuously operating courthouse in the state. Nearby Piper's Opera House was built in the 1880s and attracted famous entertainers from Europe and the East Coast. The city also boasts numerous museums, among them the Julia Bullette Red Light Museum, with its history of the life and times of Julia Bullette, a well-known Virginia City prostitute of the 1860s, and its display of vintage erotica and antique medical equipment.
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