"Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Parks" Top 5 Page for this destination Lake Tahoe State Park by Yaqui

Lake Tahoe State Park Travel Guide: 17 reviews and 88 photos

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Lake Tahoe State Park offers visitors numerous areas with beaches, picnic areas, camping, hiking trails, fishing, and boat launches. Just about every area we visiting was beautiful. They do charge a fee to enter many of the parks, but we paid one fee and it got us into several parks. They are located off of State Route 28 and U.S. 50.

Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Parks - Lake Tahoe State Park

It was once owned by lumber baron Walter Scott Hobart in the 1880’s. He had established the Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Company here along this sandy beach coves. Eventually Walter Scott Hobart Jr., inherited his fathers wealth along with all the land. He was known to spend a pretty penny entertaining the celebrities during the day. He planned to build a casino, but instead he worked on building a summer estate, that became known as Thunderbird Lodge. So around 1958 he instead sold off over 5,000 acres to the state, which became the basis of Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park.

Pros and Cons

Cons:Roads are narrow thru towns, so traffic is bad!
In a nutshell:Simple Beautiful!!!!

Last visit to Lake Tahoe State Park: Dec 2008
Intro Updated Aug 12, 2010
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Reviews (5)

Jeffrey Pines Things to Do (4)

As a family we always enjoy whatever the state parks systems have to offer and Spooner Lake park as much to offer... more travel advice

Stop & Read~~ Things to Do (4)

What is nice like so many parks is they often have lots of educational information to share. I noticed while we were... more travel advice

Spooner Lake Things to Do (4)

Spooner Lake has some beautiful meadows and lovely aspen groves that surround Spooner Lake. The area is very popular for... more travel advice

Watercraft Inspections~Eurasian Watermilfoil - Lake Tahoe State Park

Watercraft Inspections~Eurasian... Warnings and Dangers (1)

The state park takes this issue very seriously with even doing regular boat inspections. Eurasian watermilfoil... more travel advice

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ncfg Aug 27, 2010 at 1:11 PM

That's a beautiful park, i love to explore that kind of place. Thanks for showing us.
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uglyscot Aug 26, 2010 at 10:58 AM

I often read of people spending time at Lake Tahoe- no wonder. It's a shame whennew plants become a menace in lakes and waterways. We have that problem with the water hyacinth in the Nile.
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Nemorino Aug 20, 2010 at 2:44 PM

A fine new page on these beautiful parks!
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richiecdisc Aug 18, 2010 at 8:26 PM

Starting to miss places like this, Dee. Great to see you're still taking full advantage and documenting it for the world to see.
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ranger49 Aug 18, 2010 at 11:02 AM

Now I know why this is such a favourite place with my sister's family of fishermen! I just love those Inf. Plaques wherever I see them. Good tip about the Milfoil. problem - nasty stuff!