Tahoe National Forest
Northern Sierra Nevada, Nevada and Placer Counties, California · National Forest
871,000 acres of the northern Sierra between the Yuba and American river canyons, from 1,500 feet to over 9,000 at Mount Lola. The Sierra Buttes, hundreds of lakes and reservoirs, 63 campgrounds and a long stretch of the Pacific Crest Trail.
Current alerts
- Downieville Downhill Closure Order
- Hoke Valley- Forest Road 860-07 (17E11 Trail) Closed
- Elephant Fire Closure
- Alder 89 Timber Sale Closure
- Boca Stewardship Agreement Closure
- Big Chief Sale Closure
- 14-day Camping Occupancy Restrictions
- Sierraville Ranger District Trail Closure
- Highway 20 Area Camping Restrictions
- Parking Restrictions
- Sugar Pine Roadside Fuel Break Project
- Woodchopper Timber Sale Closure
- Signal Peak Trail Closure
- Gauntlet Stewardship IRTC Closure
- Alpine Meadows Stewardship Agreement Closure
- Cabin Creek Closure
- Rattlesnake Road Closure
- Snow Grooming Updates
Campgrounds
- Ahart Campground
- Alder Creek Camping Area — Dispersed
- Annie Mcloud Campground
- Barker Camping Area — Dispersed
- Beacroft to Sailor Camping Area — Dispersed
- Bear Lake Camping Area — Dispersed
- Bear Valley Campground
- Bear Valley Group Campground — Group camp · reserve
- Berger — 9 sites · 5,959 ft · reserve
- Big Reservoir Campground — first come, first served · 4,061 ft · RV camp · Drive-in · reserve
- Blue Lake Dispersed Camping — first come, first served · Dispersed · reserve
- Boca Campground — 23 sites · reserve
- Boca Rest Campground — 39 sites · reserve
- Boca Spring — 17 sites · reserve
- Boyington Mill — 12 sites · 5,650 ft · reserve
- Brimstone OHV Campground
- Cal Ida Campground
- Calpine Lookout — 1 sites · 5,863 ft · reserve
- Canyon Creek Campground
- Carlton Flat Campground
- Carr Lake Campground — first come, first served · 11 sites · reserve
- Cascade Lake / Long Lake Camping Area — Dispersed
- Catfish Cove Camping Area — Dispersed
- Chapman Creek Campground
- Cold Creek — 13 sites · 5,682 ft · reserve
- Cottonwood Creek — 48 sites · 5,649 ft · reserve
- Coyote Group — 4 sites · 5,300 ft · Group camp · reserve
- Culbertson Lake Dispersed Camping — 3 sites · Dispersed · reserve
- Dark Day Campground
- Diablo Campground
- Duncan Diversion Camping Area — Dispersed
- East Meadow Campground
- Emigrant Group — 4 sites · Group camp · reserve
- Fiddle Creek Campground
- Findley Campground
- Fir Top Campground
- Five Lakes Basin Camping Area — Dispersed
- Forbes Creek — 2 sites · 3,728 ft · reserve
- French Meadows — 61 sites · 5,301 ft · reserve
- Frenchy Point Campground — first come, first served · 1,957 ft · reserve
- Garden Point Campground
- Gates Group — 3 sites · 5,331 ft · Group camp · reserve
- Giant Gap — 27 sites · 3,668 ft · reserve
- Goose Meadows — 24 sites · 5,955 ft · reserve
- Granite Flat (California) — 73 sites · 5,873 ft · reserve
- Greek Store Camping Area — Dispersed
- Grouse Ridge Campground
- Hampshire Rocks Campground
- Hoke / Verdi Camping Area — Dispersed
- Indian Springs Campground
- Indian Valley Campground
- Jackson Boat-in Campground — Primitive · Boat-in
- Jackson Creek Campground
- Kidd Lake Campground — 10 sites · reserve
- Lake Of The Woods Campground
- Lake Spaulding Campground · reserve
- Lakeside (Truckee) — 42 sites · reserve
- Last Chance Camping Area — Dispersed
- Lewis — 38 sites · 5,291 ft · reserve
- Lindsey Lake Campground — 12 sites · reserve
- Little Lasier Meadow Horse Camp — Equestrian
- Little Lasier Meadows Campground — 11 sites · 6,508 ft · reserve
- Lodgepole Campground — Drive-in · reserve
- Loganville Campground
- Logger Campground — 202 sites · reserve
- Lower Little Truckee — 15 sites · 6,123 ft · reserve
- Lower Rock Lake Dispersed Camping — 3 sites · Dispersed · reserve
- Madrone Cove Campground
- Meadow Lake Campground · reserve
- Middle Lindsey Lake Dispersed Camping — 3 sites · Dispersed · reserve
- Milton Reservoir Camping Area
- North Fork (Ca) — 15 sites · 4,743 ft · reserve
- Onion Valley Campground
- Packsaddle Campground
- Pass Creek Campground
- Pass Creek Campground Annex
- Pierce Creek Campground — Primitive
- Poppy Campground
- Prosser Family — 29 sites · reserve
- Prosser Ranch Group — 1 sites · 5,781 ft · Group camp · reserve
- Ramshorn Campground
- Robinson Flat Campground
- Rocky Rest Campground
- Rucker Lake Campground — first come, first served · 7 sites · reserve
- Sagehen Creek Campground — first come, first served · 6,480 ft · reserve
- Salmon Creek Campground
- Sardine Peak Lookout — 1 sites · 8,133 ft · reserve
- Schoolhouse Campground
- Secret House Campground
- Shirttail Creek — 29 sites · 3,679 ft · reserve
- Sierra Campground
- Silver Creek-Truckee — 35 sites · 6,068 ft · reserve
- Skillman Campground — Group camp
- Snag Lake Campground
- Sterling Lake Campground — first come, first served · 6 sites · reserve
- Summit Lake Camping Area — Dispersed
- Talbot Campground
- Tunnel Mills Ii — 2 sites · 4,575 ft · reserve
- Union Flat Campground
- Upper Little Truckee — 22 sites · 6,142 ft · reserve
- Upper Rock Lake Dispersed Camping — first come, first served · 4 sites · Dispersed · reserve
- White Cloud — 44 sites · 4,386 ft · reserve
- White Rock Campground — 6 sites · reserve
- Wild Plum Campground
- Woodcamp Campground
- Woodchuck Campground — Primitive
- Yuba Pass Campground
Coordinates: 39.4300, -120.5780.
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