Little Norway is a populated place in

El Dorado County El Dorado County (), officially the County of El Dorado, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 191,185. The county seat is Placerville. The County is part of the Sacramento- Roseville-A ...

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. It is located west of

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, at an elevation of 2233m (7326 feet). The ZIP code is 95721.

History

A post office was established at Little Norway in 1961. The building was damaged by fire in 1967. Two other fires broke out, a 1988 arson and a 1991 fire which caused $200,000 in damage to the Little Norway resort.

Transport

Little Norway is situated on US Route 50 and was a Greyhound stop for cross country skiers. Little Norway is also an endpoint of the Little Norway to Lower Echo Lake Trail managed by the

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br>Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Botany

A specimen of bullthistle or bull thistle (''

Cirsium vulgare ''Cirsium vulgare'', the spear thistle, bull thistle, or common thistle, is a species of the Asteraceae genus ''Cirsium'', native throughout most of Europe (north to 66°N, locally 68°N), Western Asia (east to the Yenisei Valley), and northwest ...

''), an invasive species native throughout most of Europe (north to 66°N, locally 68°N), Western Asia (east to the Yenisei Valley), and northwestern Africa, was collected near here in or before 1984.

References

Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in El Dorado County, California Lincoln Highway 1961 establishments in California {{ElDoradoCountyCA-geo-stub