Sagehen Creek Campground

CLOSED. Gate locked on Forest Service Road 11 one mile from highway 89 Sagehen Creek Summit and road. This is still 3 miles from the campground. Sign says camping and campfires in campgrounds only. Sagehen Creek road can not be used to drive straight to the campground. There is a locked gate before you get to the University of California Berkeley Research Center. If the campground ever reopens follow Forest Service directions on road FS 11.

We enjoyed our two-night stay, we planned to stay 1 more night but we were literally devoured by mosquitoes like never before, despite repellent, so we left. Most people during our stay camped for 1 night. Sagehen creek is very close to the campsite (convenient to get some water), and the meadows are mostly marshland, that's why there were a lot of mosquitoes. The place is very beautiful and so peaceful! At night you're rocked by the sound of the creek and in the morning the singing birds wake you up. Thank goodness NO noisy generators!!! The campsites are very large and you're not on top of the other campers. There are just 10 spots, on July 4 3 spots were occupied and the next night, 5 spots. It's a dispersed campground so it's free, but each site has a picnic table and a fire pit, plus

This campground was wonderful. Despite the fact my group and I decided to go during cold weathers, it was great. The road is pretty clear on the way up. Hit some terrain closer to the actual campground site. Had fire pits, a bathroom, picnic table, beautiful river. The ground was marshy around the campground area. But more than enough space for tents.

Went here every summer as a kid in the late 50s early 60s. Learned how to fish here. Hooked myself many times. Would gather red ants and put them with black ants and watch them fight. Ran around and caught grasshoppers for fishing bait. Always just our 2 families there. Not alot of people tent camped back then. Great memories.

An awesome little camping spot in the mountains near Tahoe. If you're looking for a new place to camp, enjoy a little light off reading, and enjoy having only a few campsites, then you'll love Sagehen. Each campsite has a picnic bench and fire pit. There's vault toilets on site. As well as a lake to fish in not far away. A nice little slice of nature, right in our backyard.