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This article is about the California place named Alta. For the historical region containing present-day California prior to the Mexican-American War, see Alta California.

Alta is a small unincorproated community in Placer County, California, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Auburn. The village is located off Interstate 80 and along the historical First Transcontinental Railroad. The ZIP code is 95701 and the area code 530.

A historical California place once named Alta was located in San Diego County^[1] near the present-day La Mesa-El Cajon boundary. This historical place was along the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway, now the San Diego Trolley Orange Line, at its Murray Drive undercrossing in La Mesa.

References

^ United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System query for Alta in California. Retrieved on 2 December 2007.

External links

Sierra Nevada Virtual Museum: Alta

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Placer County, California

County seat: Auburn

Cities and towns	Auburn \| Colfax \| Lincoln \| Loomis \| Rocklin \| Roseville

CDPs	Dollar Point \| Foresthill \| Granite Bay \| Kings Beach \| Meadow Vista \| North Auburn \| Sunnyside-Tahoe City \| Tahoe Vista

Unincorporated communities	Alta \| Applegate \| Carnelian Bay \| Dutch Flat \| Homewood \| Newcastle \| Penryn \| Sheridan \| Squaw Valley \| Weimar