French Meadows in CA -- Campground & RV Camping

French Meadows Campground sits in a pine and fir forest on the southern shore of French Meadows Reservoir in Tahoe National Forest, roughly 40 miles from Foresthill. The facility features paved roads and parking spurs, single-family campsites with picnic tables, fire rings, and food lockers, alongside flush toilets, vault toilets, and drinking water. Drawn by lake fishing, swimming, and boating, campers can launch directly from an adjacent boat ramp or access nearby hiking, biking, and off-road routes, including the Western States Trail and the adjacent Granite Chief Wilderness.

Getting there: High clearance vehicles may take Foresthill Rd to the 43 Rd (Robinson Flat Rd) to Mosquito Ridge Rd, snow permitting. Access from Soda Springs and the 43 Rd is not recommoned to trucks with trailers, motorhomes/RV's or passenger vehicles that are not high clearance vehicle with four wheel drive. The campground is on the south shore.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 63-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• The French Meadows Reservoir shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
• Most of them shaded.
• Mount Mildred stands 3,066 ft above the map pin, 5.5 miles northeast.

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