Silver Creek-Truckee

Silver Creek Campground is located on the Truckee River, off of Highway 89, between Truckee and Tahoe City. Visitors enjoy the area for its fishing and hiking opportunities, as well as its proximity to Lake Tahoe and Olympic Valley. Fly-fishing for rainbow trout in the Truckee River is a popular activity, and campers also enjoy swimming and tubing. The surrounding area offers abundant hiking and biking trails, including the Western States Trail, Five Lakes Trail and Pacific Crest Trail. The campground offers single-family sites, seven of which are designated for tent camping only. Each site is equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring with grill. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. The campground is situated on the banks of the Truckee River, with a few sites overlooking the water, and a scenic forest of lodgepole pine and fir covers the area. Silver Creek is centrally located between Prosser, Boca and Stampede Reservoirs to the north and Lake Tahoe and Olympic Valley to the south, with a variety of outdoor recreational activities available at each. Truckee, 10 minutes north, offers all the amenities of a year-round recreational mountain town, including interstate highway connectivity, top notch restaurants, resorts and hotels, grocery stores, gas stations, shopping and historic sites. Lake Tahoe is 10 minutes south and offers excellent boating, kayaking, fishing, hiking and scenic driving, as well as dining, shopping and lodging. Other recreational opportunities include the Donner Camp Interpretive Trail, Overland Emigrant Commemorative Trail, Stampede Reservoir Recreation Area, Prosser Pits OHV area, and numerous hiking, mountain biking and OHV trails.