Lakeside Campground
1Heads up1 fire 46 mi away
- Right now
- Closed for the seasonOut of the season the agency publishes
- Season
- May 27 – October 10Open May 27 through October 10
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
Lakeside Campground is located on the west shore of Prosser Reservoir, 10 minutes north of Truckee, CA. The campground offers single-family campsites. Some campground sites are shaded by pine and fir trees, other sites have full sun and are open. Some water's edge sites available depending on reservoir water level. Each site is equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring. Accessible vault toilets are provided. Many sites have a view of the reservoir and/or surrounding mountains. Firewood available at the campground at host site. Most single family sites and group campgrounds can be reserved at www.recreation. Keep reading
gov or (877) 444-6777. Prosser Reservoir is a popular location for canoeing, paddle boarding, kayaking, swimming and fishing. Hand-off launching possible at Lakeside campground depending on reservoir water level. Power boating is allowed, but a 10-mph speed limit is enforced. A boat ramp is located less than a mile from the campground at Prosser Ranch Group Campground.Boat trailer parking available.Very popular Commemorative Overland Emigrant bike riding/hiking trail can be accessed by riding from campground. Prosser OHV staging area is approximately two miles west, across Highway 89. Access to Prosser Hill Motorcycle trail, and Prosser Hill and Sagehen Hills OHV trail system. Access to designated OHV routes from campground. Respect other campers. OHV ingress and egress only. No camping or campfires allowed outside of developed campgrounds. Directions : From Truckee take Highway 89 North approximately four miles north of I-80. Look for Prosser Recreation Area sign on the right. Take a right onto paved road and campground entrance will be on the left in approximately one mile.
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…table and campfire ring. Accessible vault toilets are provided. Many sites have a view of the…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Firewood
- Mentioned
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir
- Fall color · reported 11 days ago, 26 km away
- Patchy color
Phone before you drive
recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.
Every line of the receipt · 4
What you actually pay
“$20.00 per site $5 for extra vehicle” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
How we know this receipt · 5
record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Truckee, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 28°F, day 65°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical October night 28°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 moreOutside the published season
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
Lakeside Campground 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 →