D. L. Bliss State Park is a
state park
State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...
of
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
in the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
. It is located on the western shore of
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe (; was, Dáʔaw, meaning "the lake") is a Fresh water, freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada of the United States. Lying at , it straddles the state line between California and Nevada, west of Carson City, Nevad ...
just north of
Emerald Bay State Park.
Notable features include
Rubicon Point Light
The Rubicon Point Light is a small lighthouse on Lake Tahoe in California.
History
The lighthouse was requested, along with buoys for the lake, in 1913 by the Lake Tahoe Protective Association, and was built under the direction of J. J. Bodils ...
, the highest-elevation lighthouse in the United States. A popular trail in the lakeside forest features a large
balancing rock.
The park is named in honor of timber and railroad magnate
Duane Leroy Bliss
Duane Leroy Bliss (June 10, 1833 – December 23, 1907) was a 19th-century American timber and mining magnate. He founded the Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company from Gold Hill, Nevada. He eventually controlled every facet of the business ...
, whose heirs donated of land to the state in 1929.
It has since grown to .
See also
*
List of California state parks
This is a list of parks, historic resources, reserves and recreation areas in the California State Parks system.
List of parks
See also
*California State Beaches
*List of California State Historic Parks
* Parks in California
* California Depa ...
References
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1929 establishments in California
Lake Tahoe
Parks in El Dorado County, California
Protected areas established in 1929
Protected areas of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
State parks of California