| Official Name: | Glenbrook, Nevada |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Nevada |
| Pushpin Label: | Glenbrook |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Glenbrook, Nevada |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nevada |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.38 |
| Area Land Km2: | 9.82 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.56 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.01 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.79 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.22 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 315 |
| Population Density Km2: | 32.08 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 83.09 |
| Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Elevation Ft: | 6431 |
| Coordinates: | 39.09°N -119.9378°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 89413[2] |
| Area Code: | 775 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 32-27900 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2583927 |
Glenbrook is a census-designated place (CDP) on the east shore of Lake Tahoe in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. The population was 215 at the 2010 census.[3] Beach and Bay are for residents and renters living in Glenbrook's gated community. There is no public access to the beach or bay.
The community is named after the Glenbrook House hotel and is at an elevation of .[4] Glenbrook is included in the Gardnerville Ranchos micropolitan statistical area.[4]
As the oldest settlement on Lake Tahoe, Glenbrook played a significant part of Nevada's statehood as the main supplier of timber to the Comstock Lode and Virginia City. The first settlers of the valley, which included Captain Augustus W. Pray, arrived in 1860. Pray built a sawmill in 1861.[5] The community took its name from the former "Glenbrook House hotel", which in turn was named after two primary local geographic features — Glen, a secluded valley, and Brook, a small stream.[6] From forested areas near the lake, logs were driven down stream or barged to Glenbrook mills. In 1875, the town had four sawmills, a store, bowling alley and billiard hall, two hotels. After 1880, logging activity was in decline and was abandoned by the end of the century.
Glenbrook is located on the east shore of Lake Tahoe, due west of Carson City. This small community is about 10miles south of Incline Village, and about 12miles north of South Lake Tahoe, California. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.4km2, of which 9.8sqkm is land and 0.6sqkm, or 5.43%, is water.[3]
Four streams enter Lake Tahoe at Glenbrook. These are Glenbrook Creek, Sullivan Springs Creek, North Canyon Creek, and a diversion of Logan House Creek.
Area has a Köppen Climate Classification of Csb, which is a dry-summer subtropical climate often referred to as "Mediterranean".[7]