Eagles Nest at Camp Richardson Resort
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- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 17 of the next 17 nights read 15:47 UTC
- A night
- $106–$174Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 31All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices
In the agency’s own words
Eagles Nest Campground provides a Lake Tahoe and Camp Richardson Resort experience unlike any other. Featuring beach access, and all the amenities you can think of within walking distance, guests get to bask in the remarkable beauty of Tahoe without sacrificing the resort experience. The campground has 25 double standard tent sites and 6 standard triple tent sites. Each campsite has a bear-proof food locker, picnic table, and fire pit with cooking grate. Tent camping only in this campground. No RVs allowed. Keep reading
Recreation
Historic Camp Richardson Resort offers everything wonderful about outdoor recreation in Lake Tahoe. Recreational activities include biking, camping, fishing, hiking, sandy beach access, boating, paddling and more!
Facilities
Eagles Nest Campground is nestled in the beautiful pines of the Sierra Nevadas. A short 10 minute walk to Lake Tahoe along a paved bike path. There is a Bar and Grill, General Store with Deli, Full Service Marina, and Ice Cream Parlor on site. Each site is equipped with a picnic table, campfire ring with grate for cooking, and a bear-proof food storage locker. Tent sites have paved parking pads. Accessible flush toilets and coin operated showers are available. Tent camping only in this campground. No RVs allowed. Fire wood and camping supplies are available for purchase at the General Store. Check in is at the Eagles Nest Campground Kiosk located on HWY 89. On-site security, Property is staffed 24 hrs. This is not a pet-friendly resort. Only service dogs accepted.
Natural Features
The resort’s unrivaled location on Lake Tahoe’s southern shore offers access to breathtaking natural wonders at an elevation of 6225 feet. Guests are surrounded by the crystal-clear waters of Lake Tahoe, the towering Sierra Nevada mountains, and the lush, fragrant forests of the surrounding area. The resort’s scenic beauty is a constant invitation for outdoor activities, from hiking and biking to water sports. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (530) 494-2228.
Nearby Attractions
Tallac Historic Site, Emerald Bay, Pope Beach, Baldwin Beach, Fallen Leaf Lake, Mt. Tallac.
What the agency tells you
There are absolutely no pets allowed at this resort other than service animals.
Tent camping only in this campground. No RVs allowed.
Forest Order No. 19-15-01: Prohibits camping for a combined total of no more than 14 days during a calendar year (January-December), forest-wide. Visitors may book campsites annually but the maximum stay may not exceed a total of 14 days each calendar year (January-December).
Everything else this campground posts · 7
Check in is at the Kiosk at the entry to the Eagle's Nest Campground off of HWY 89.
Bears frequent the area; all food must be kept in the provided food storage lockers at the site.
Single Tent Sites - Maximum of 6 people, 2 tents, 1 Vehicle (1 additional parking pass may be purchased) Double Tent Sites - Maximum of 12 people, 4 tents, 2 Vehicle (2 additional parking passes may be purchased) Triple Tent Sites - Maximum of 18 people, 6 tents, 3 Vehicle (3 additional parking passes may be purchased)
Campfires are permitted in the provided designated metal fire rings only, and must be attended at all times.
Charcoal BBQs are not allowed within the campgrounds or on the beach.
Quiet time is between 10pm and 8am.
Reservation holders must be present at check-in with ID.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 31
- Hookups
- None
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 20 of 31 sites
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…have paved parking pads. Accessible flush toilets and coin operated showers are available. Tent…”
- Showers
- Coin Showers
- “Accessible flush toilets and coin operated showers are available.”
- Store
- Nearby
- Bear boxes
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Beach, Coast
- Biking
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Horseback riding
- Hotel/Lodge/Resort Fs Owned
- Jet Skiing
- Kayaking
- Mountain biking
- Paddling
- Swimming
- Fall color · reported 10 days ago, 1.8 km away
- Past peak
38 of 62 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 15:47 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
OpenBooked
Watch for a cancellation
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One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 14
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $106–$174 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking, plus the agency’s published $15 weekend rate on Friday and Saturday. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 15:47 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
31 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 31 mapped sitesAll 31 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 31 of the 31 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 31 of the 31 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Jeffrey Loop | 100 | standard nonelectric | 62 ft | 2,007 ft | 2,468 ft | $106–$174 |
| Jeffrey Loop | 101 | standard nonelectric | 62 ft | 1,975 ft | 2,481 ft | $106–$174 |
| Jeffrey Loop | 91 | standard nonelectric | 82 ft | 2,066 ft | 2,466 ft | $106–$174 |
| Jeffrey Loop | 92 | standard nonelectric | 82 ft | 2,129 ft | 2,483 ft | $106–$174 |
| Jeffrey Loop | 93 | standard nonelectric | 93 ft | 2,216 ft | 2,572 ft | $106–$174 |
| Jeffrey Loop | 94 | standard nonelectric | 119 ft | 2,328 ft | 2,705 ft | $106–$174 |
| Jeffrey Loop | 95 | standard nonelectric | 90 ft | 2,273 ft | 2,748 ft | $106–$174 |
| Jeffrey Loop | 96 | standard nonelectric | 48 ft | 2,186 ft | 2,666 ft | $106–$174 |
| Jeffrey Loop | 97 | standard nonelectric | 48 ft | 2,203 ft | 2,650 ft | $106–$174 |
| Jeffrey Loop | 98 | standard nonelectric | 59 ft | 2,147 ft | 2,596 ft | $106–$174 |
| Jeffrey Loop | 99 | standard nonelectric | 75 ft | 2,094 ft | 2,590 ft | $106–$174 |
| Lodgepole Loop | 102 | standard nonelectric | 63 ft | 2,112 ft | 2,367 ft | $106–$174 |
| Lodgepole Loop | 103 | standard nonelectric | 63 ft | 2,126 ft | 2,341 ft | $106–$174 |
| Lodgepole Loop | 104 | standard nonelectric | 61 ft | 2,201 ft | 2,362 ft | $106–$174 |
| Lodgepole Loop | 105 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 2,234 ft | 2,428 ft | $106–$174 |
| Lodgepole Loop | 106 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 2,259 ft | 2,420 ft | $106–$174 |
| Lodgepole Loop | 107 | standard nonelectric | 65 ft | 2,310 ft | 2,511 ft | $106–$174 |
| Lodgepole Loop | 108 | standard nonelectric | 65 ft | 2,367 ft | 2,541 ft | $106–$174 |
| Lodgepole Loop | 109 | standard nonelectric | 56 ft | 2,411 ft | 2,609 ft | $106–$174 |
| Lodgepole Loop | 110 | standard nonelectric | 56 ft | 2,369 ft | 2,593 ft | $106–$174 |
| Lodgepole Loop | 111 | standard nonelectric | 70 ft | 2,414 ft | 2,660 ft | $106–$174 |
| Lodgepole Loop | 112 | standard nonelectric | 108 ft | 2,351 ft | 2,655 ft | $106–$174 |
| Lodgepole Loop | 113 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 2,230 ft | 2,529 ft | $106–$174 |
| Lodgepole Loop | 114 | standard nonelectric | 59 ft | 2,262 ft | 2,527 ft | $106–$174 |
| Lodgepole Loop | 115 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 2,184 ft | 2,474 ft | $106–$174 |
| White Bark Loop | 85 | standard nonelectric | 137 ft | 1,932 ft | 2,588 ft | $106–$174 |
| White Bark Loop | 86 | standard nonelectric | 51 ft | 2,113 ft | 2,815 ft | $106–$174 |
| White Bark Loop | 87 | standard nonelectric | 51 ft | 2,164 ft | 2,847 ft | $106–$174 |
| White Bark Loop | 88 | standard nonelectric | 133 ft | 1,967 ft | 2,753 ft | $106–$174 |
| White Bark Loop | 89 | standard nonelectric | 47 ft | 1,857 ft | 2,625 ft | $106–$174 |
| White Bark Loop | 90 | standard nonelectric | 47 ft | 1,826 ft | 2,633 ft | $106–$174 |
25 of 31 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Badgers Den at Camp Richardson ResortEldorado National Forest · 0.0 mi
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Fallen Leaf CampgroundEldorado National Forest · 0.6 mi
Nevada Beach CampgroundToiyabe National Forest · 5.8 mi
Zephyr Cove RV & CampgroundToiyabe National Forest · 7.1 mi
Meeks Bay ResortEldorado National Forest · 8.4 miBadger's Den Campground is located 3 miles south of Tahoe City, on California Highway 89 (Emerald Bay Road).
From Sacramento, take U.S. Highway 50 to South Lake Tahoe and proceed north past the intersection of U.S. Highway 50 and Highway 89 (the "Y"). Look for the Camp Richardson Resort sign on the right side of the Highway.
From North Shore (I-80, Reno, Truckee) take Highway 89 or U.S. Highway 50 to South Shore.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for South Lake Tahoe, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 29°F, day 62°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 18°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Eagles Nest at Camp Richardson Resort is in California’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Kevin Kiley (I), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →