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Meeks Bay Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 39.03531, -120.12339
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Meeks Bay Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,239 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Meeks Bay CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Meeks Bay Campground · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater1 mi
- @Mail2 mi
- GGrocery2 mi
- DDump7 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- OOutfitter9 mi
- LLaundry10 mi
- PPropane10 mi
- ShShower10 mi
- RxPharmacy10 mi
- MMechanic11 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- AAir-up36 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 2 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Meeks Bay Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,239 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
39.03531, -120.12339
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Meeks Bay Campground · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townTahoma · ~1.9 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~1.3 mi
- FuelFuel · ~9.1 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~10.1 mi
- Dump station~7.4 mi
- GroceriesTahoma Market and Deli · ~2.3 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~10.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicUrgent Care · ~16.6 mi
- HardwareSwigard's Ace Hardware · ~9.3 mi
EV charging — from Meeks Bay Campground · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.2 mi straight-line N — Tahoe City, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at a municipal building) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach27 within 25 mi · 59 within 50 · 298 within 100 · 758 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS10.3 mi — South Lake Tahoe CA1-139 (South Lake Tahoe, CA), South Lake Tahoe
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO10.6 mi — GF4EVA SOUTH LAKE DC2, South Lake Tahoe
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)8.7 mi — Tahoe Tavern, Tahoe City, CA · INTERTIE · J1772 · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Granlibakken Tahoe - Ski Hill Station, Tahoe City, 8.5 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for guest use only
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 153419 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Meeks Bay Campground · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomMeeks Bay Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomMeeks Bay Day Use Area · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomMeeks Bay Resort, Hotel And Cabins · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMckinney Rubicon Ohv Staging · ~2.5 mi W · USFS
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Other camps near Meeks Bay Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Bear Lake~5.8 mi
- Kaspian Campground~5.8 mi · fee
- Bayview Campground~6.4 mi · fee
- Barker~6.7 mi
The unit that manages Meeks Bay Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Meeks Bay Campground are set by Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Meeks Bay Campground
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-23: $55 per night, single site -- but read the caveat. The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit publishes no page for this campground (its camping index lists five campgrounds and Meeks Bay is not among them), so the rate comes from recreation.gov listing 232876, which posts $55 for a standard or tent-only nonelectric site. That same listing carries an agency notice that "Meeks Bay Campground has been merged with the Meeks Bay Resort north of Meeks Creek" and sends all reservations to the Meeks Bay Resort listing 10220612. The resort's own rate table shows a tent nonelectric figure of $27.50 peak and $22.50 off-peak, but the resort states that "nightly price for all sites and buildings is the total of the down payment and the remaining nightly fee", so those are down payments and not a whole night. The resort also states its south Meeks Bay campsites are TENT-ONLY and that pets are not allowed on resort property. Source: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232876.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Meeks Bay Campground
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Meeks Bay Campground
What “dispersed” means here →Fire rules & restrictions →Picking a spot →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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