This is my family’s favorite place to camp and we have done a lot of camping! We are tent campers and like to have a little room to spread out and still have a choice of activities in the area. The campground as a whole is on fairly flat meadow land between Lake Tahoe and Fallen Leaf Lake. There are large trees all over and most sites have shade much of the time but not a thick canopy.

Most of the sites are far enough apart to allow for privacy. There is a long looping road at the southwest side that has sites on both sides up to 200 feet apart that are on the edge of an alpine meadow. It is a huge campground with large sites. The bathrooms and showers were recently renovated and many are new. The bathrooms having running hot and cold water, sinks, flushing toilets and private (quarters needed) hot showers.

It is patrolled day and night, bear/raccoon proof boxes are at every site and must be used to store food and any items that had an aroma such as shampoo, deodorant, etc. Our was big enough for two medium-large ice chests and a food box.

Lake Tahoe is a bit too far for young kids to walk to but Fallen Leaf Lake is 100 to 500 yards over a small hill depending on your site. The water is shallow for 20 feet from the shore which is small pebbles. There ar a few large rocks in the water that the kids love to walk out to and sit on.

Fallen Leaf Resort is at the opposite end of the lake and can be accessed by a narrow (one way in some place) road around the south side of the lake. Watch for bicyclists! There is a restaurant and boat dock there. Keep following the road past the resort to the waterfalls. Kids love the falls but careful in the spring – there can be a lot of rushing water!

Camp Richardson Resort is a 5 minute drive and they have a nice restaurant at the beach and live music on the large deck in the summer afternoons and evenings. We sit on the beach and listen to the music while the kids play in the water. It is that close. There is an ice cream “store” on Highway 89 run by Camp Richardson that is quite popular.

There is so much to do in the area I don’t have room to write it all here. Go. You’ll enjoy it. Reservations are a must!