Prosser Ranch Group
1Heads up1 fire 46 mi away
- Right now
- Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:50 UTC
- Sites
- 2In the agency’s record
- Season
- May 27 – October 31Open May 27 through October 31
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices
In the agency’s own words
Prosser Ranch Group Campground is located on the picturesque Prosser Reservoir, within the Tahoe National Forest, about 10 minutes north of Truckee. Visitors enjoy the area for its boating, kayaking, swimming, fishing and abundant hiking and off-road trails. This facility is operated and maintained by the Tahoe National Forest. Keep reading
Recreation
Prosser Reservoir is a popular location for kayaking, swimming and fishing. Power boating is allowed but a 10-mph speed limit is enforced. A boat ramp is located on-site. The surrounding area offers many hiking, biking, horseback riding and off-road vehicle trails.
Facilities
The campground offers one large-group, tent-only campsite, that can accommodate up to 50 people and 10 vehicles. The site is not suitable for RV camping. Picnic and serving tables, a large BBQ and a campfire circle are provided, along with vault toilets.
Natural Features
The campground is situated on the western shore of the reservoir. A scenic forest of Jeffrey pine and fir trees covers the area, while sagebrush dots the forest floor. The site affords views of the reservoir and the surrounding mountains can be seen through the trees.
Nearby Attractions
Boca Reservoir is 30 minutes east of the campground, offering additional boating, water skiing, swimming and fishing opportunities. Truckee, 10 minutes south, offers all the amenities of a year round recreational mountain town including Interstate highway connectivitiy, top notch restaraunts, resorts and hotels, grocery stores, gas stations, shopping, and historic sites, Lake Tahoe is located 30 minutes south and offers excellent boating, kayaking, fishing, hiking and scenic driving opportunities, as well as dining, shopping and lodging options. Other recreational opportunities include Donner Camp Interpretive Trail, Overland Emigrant Commemorative Trial, Stampede Reservoir Recreation Area, Prosser Pits OHV area, and numerous hiking, mountain biking, and OHV trails.
What the agency tells you
Off-highway vehicles must be trailered to and from designated OHV routes. Recreational riding is not allowed in the campground
Click here for more information on the Tahoe National Forest
Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed. For current fire conditions or weather closures contact the Truckee Ranger District (530) 587-3558 (voice), (530) 587-6907 (TDD).
Everything else this campground posts · 6
Don't Move Firewood: Protect California's forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. For more information visit firewood.ca.gov.
Firewood available from the campground host Prosser Family Campground or Lakeside Campground (subject to availability).
Water will not be available at this facility for the 2026 and 2027 seasons. Please plan accordingly when making reservation and planning arrival.
Campsite check-out time is 12:00pm. Check-in time is 2:00pm.
Dogs shall always be kept on leash no longer than six feet or otherwise confined. Violation notices WILL be issued for non-compliance.
10 vehicles included with group site reservation. Additional vehicle fee cost is $5/each per night for all vehicles. Please make payment at fee tube located at the entrance of Prosser Family campground if not paid online.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 2 · 1 tent-only, 1 group
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 20 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…campfire circle are provided, along with vault toilets. Natural Features The campground is situated on the…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- WATER SPIGOT on 2 of 2 campsite records
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake
- Biking
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Kayaking
- Mountain biking
- Swimming
- Water access
- Night sky · 1013th darkest of 1,201 in CA
- Bortle 4
- Fall color · reported 11 days ago, 25 km away
- Patchy color
Nothing to book until it reopensread 15:50 UTC
recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend
Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.
Tell me when it reopens
Watch for it to come back
One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.
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.
Every line of the receipt · 12
What you actually pay
“Additional vehicle fee cost is $5/each per night for all vehicles.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice
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
Why this page can’t say why
recreation.gov lists every site at Prosser Ranch Group closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Forest Service has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.
There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.
Open within 60 miles · 4
The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.
- Lookout CampgroundToiyabe National Forest · 15 mi · 18 sites
- Kaspian CampgroundTahoe National Forest · 18 mi · 9 sites
- Ahart CampgroundTahoe National Forest · 21 mi · 12 sites
- Upper Hole CampgroundEldorado National Forest · 23 mi · walk-up
recreation.gov availability, read 15:50 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
2 sites · the site map
All 2 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 2 of the 2 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Prosser FamilyTahoe National Forest · 0.3 mi
Lakeside (Truckee)Tahoe National Forest · 0.9 miLakeside CampgroundTahoe National Forest · 1.0 mi
Boca CampgroundTahoe National Forest · 3.0 mi
Alpine Meadow Campground4.3 mi
Boca Rest CampgroundTahoe National Forest · 4.7 miFrom either east bound or west bound Interstate 80 in Truckee take exit 188, Highway 89 north toward Sierraville. In aproximately 3.5 miles turn right at the sign for Prosser Recreation Sites then in about two miles the campground will be on the right. 12285 Old Highway 89, Truckee, CA 96161
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
Prosser Ranch Group 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 →