Sterling Lake - Cg (Campground)
Campground
Campground · 1.0 mi from the trail
California · Lake fishing · Soda Springs · Near Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Lake Sterling
- Jun–Aug
- best months
Caution at last check
Agency alerts are in effect for this area; weather is good · USFS, OpenWeather · checked 12 h ago
Is Lake Sterling open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists an alert for Tahoe National Forest.
Camping and Campfire Restrictions-Truckee and Sierraville Districts
Agency alert covering Tahoe National Forest · Order 17-25-05 · USFS · Tahoe National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Tahoe National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Lake Sterling is a 7-acre lake near Soda Springs, California, at about 7,086 feet. It is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Around this trail
Add any of these when you start a tripSleep close Eat after For Real Dough Pizza
Restaurant
On your way back · 4 miIf it rains
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More in Sunnyside-Tahoe CityLocal outfitters
- Trout Creek Outfitters16 mi away
- Obexer's Boat Company26 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Mossy Pond West TrailHiking0.5 mi
- Mossy Pond East TrailHiking0.5 mi
- I-80 CorridorRock climbing0.8 mi
- Sterling Lake - Cg (Campground)Camping1 mi
- Mm! Mm! Good! (aka Campbell Soup) BoulderRock climbing1.7 mi
- Fordyce CreekCanoeing2.8 mi
- Woodchuck - CgCamping2.9 mi
- North CreekCanoeing4.2 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- South Fork Group - Eldorado NFRiver fishing · ~50 min drive
- Catfish LakeLake fishing · ~4 min drive
- Fallen Leaf CampgroundSaltwater fishing · ~1h 5m drive
- Weil LakeLake fishing · ~10 min drive
- Shotgun LakeLake fishing · ~13 min drive
- Milton ReservoirLake fishing · ~14 min drive
- Jackson Meadow ReservoirLake fishing · ~19 min drive
- Prosser Reservoir - Water RecreationLake fishing · ~30 min drive
- Foresthill Divide RoadLake fishing · ~31 min drive
- Boca Reservoir - Water RecreationLake fishing · ~34 min drive
Also worth it near here
Glacier Lakes BasinMountain biking · Next doorPhoto: Missvain, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Fordyce CreekCanoeing · ~5 min drive
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Best time to visit Lake Sterling
Best months: June–August. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
40° / 15°
Feb
41° / 15°
Mar
48° / 19°
Apr
53° / 22°
May
62° / 28°
Jun
72° / 32°
Jul
80° / 37°
Aug
79° / 35°
Sep
73° / 31°
Oct
61° / 24°
Nov
49° / 20°
Dec
39° / 14°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Sagehen Creek, CA, 13.7 mi away at 6,337 ft. The station sits about 700 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
