Salmon Creek Campground

in Tahoe National Forest

The numbers that decide it

Longest rig
45 ft
Sites
32
Electric hookups
Not published
Pull-through sites
No
Paved access
No
Accessible sites
Not published
Driveway grade
Slight
Bear boxes
Not published
Campfires
Yes
Shade
Yes
Group sites
Not published

Site-level detail from Recreation.gov, checked 2026-08-05. Where a field says “not published”, the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero. See it on Recreation.gov

Salmon Creek Campground

Salmon Creek is located two miles north of Bassetts on the Gold Lake Highway near Salmon Creek, there are 31 campsites- 7 of them have space for trailers. It has vault toilets and piped water. Salmon Creek Campground is surrounded by lodgepole pine and cedar trees. This area offers an abundance of beautiful high mountain lakes with a variety of accessibility along with scenic rugged geological features of granitic ridges and glacially serrated rock outcroppings.

Before you go

Season

May 21 – October 29

Reservations

Reservations accepted

Fees

$24 per site $5 for extra vehicle

Restrictions

Camping outside designated campground is prohibited in this area

Make it a night on a better road

Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.