Little Norway is a populated place in El Dorado County, California.[1] It is located 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of Meyers,[2] at an elevation of 2233m (7326 feet).[1] The ZIP code is 95721.

Little Norway
Populated place
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Coordinates: 38°49′29″N 120°02′12″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	El Dorado County
Elevation [1]	7,326 ft (2,233 m)

History

A post office was established at Little Norway in 1961.[2] The building was damaged by fire in 1967.[3] Two other fires broke out, a 1988 arson and a 1991 fire which caused $200,000 in damage to the Little Norway resort.[4]

Transport

Little Norway is situated on US Route 50 and was a Greyhound stop for cross country skiers.[5]

Little Norway is also an endpoint of the Little Norway to Lower Echo Lake Trail[6] managed by the United States Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.

Botany

A specimen of bullthistle or bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare), 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.[7]

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