Tahoe State Recreation Area

UPDATES

Tahoe State Recreation Area Campground is closed for the 2024 camping season and will reopen for camping on Memorial Day Weekend 2025 (weather dependent). Reservations can be made 6-months in advance. *Be prepared that campground campfires are prohibited on Red Flag Warning Days. Please keep our Parks and Lake Tahoe cleaner than you found them. Thank you.

The campground has 23 campsites with picnic tables, required-use food storage containers. Campground allows trailers up to 15' and RV/Campers up to 21'.

There are showers and restrooms available for registered campers.
Tahoe SRA does not have hook-ups or dump stations and is best for tent camping or the use of small trailers and small RVs. 
The campground is considered urban and alongside Hwy 28 in Tahoe City.

Quiet Hours          10pm - 6am                           Check In     - 2 pm   
Generator Hours   10am - 8pm                           Check Out   - Noon       
*2 Vehicles allowed per campsite- 2^nd vehicle $10 per night

Children must have helmets for bicycles/scooters/skateboards
8 people allowed per campsite                          Dogs must be leashed and never unattended
Food must be stored DAY and NIGHT               Vehicles must be parked on pavement

Food Storage Locker Information - Important and required.

All food, beverages, toiletries, and trash containing food/smells are required by law to be stored in provided food lockers except when food is being prepared or eaten. Black bears are currently very active as they are just waking from a long winter and are very interested in ALL items that smell like food.  Metal bear-resistant food lockers are provided in each campsite.  Ice chests may NOT be stored in vehicles and shall be stored in the food storage locker. The inside dimensions of the food lockers 36" deep, 43" wide, and 22" high.  Violations will be cited.

Attention: Bear-Proof Cooler Owners  BEAR-PROOF COOLERS (Yeti, Pelican, Yukon etc.) MUST be secured with locks per manufacturer instructions in order to meet Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC) standards. Failure to do so may result in a Food Storage Citation and up to a $1000 Fine _{Title XIV CCR 4323(b).}  It is recommended that a cable lock is also used to attach the bear cooler to a non moveable item. Bears are known to take off with and/or toss coolers around to try to open them.  More information available in our Black Bear Brochure.

Location-Directions
0.25 miles east of Tahoe City on Highway 28.
Tahoe SRA is located in Tahoe City, east of nearby shopping malls and restaurants.
There is a bike path that leads from the campground into town with picturesque views of Lake Tahoe.

Camping Options
This is a smaller campground that is often full during the summer.
Here are some other camping options nearby:
Ed Z'berg - Sugar Pine Point State Park is 11 miles south on Highway 89
D.L. Bliss State Park is also an option - 17 miles south on Hwy 89
Tahoe City Lake Forest Campground - 1 mile east Hwy 28 - 530-583-3796
USFS William Kent Campground - 3 miles south Hwy 89
USFS Silver Creek - 7 miles north Hwy 89
USFS Goose Meadows - 10 miles north Hwy 89