Sardine

California

California

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  • Inside Tahoe National Forest

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  • No access route mapped

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About this campground

Sardine Campground is located 1.5 miles north of Bassetts on the Gold Lake highway and 0.5 milea south west on the Sardine Lake Road. It has 29 campsites, 15 of which have space for trailers. There is vault toilets and piped water. Sardine Campground is located in a lodgepole pine forest with Sardine Lake nearby for fishing and swimming. This area offers an abundance of beautiful high mountain lakes surrounded by scenic rugged granitic ridges and glacially serrated rock outcroppings.

Campsite info

Season
May 22
Quiet hours
10:00 PM - 6:00 AM
Vault toilets
Reserve a site

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When to go

Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Bowman Dam, CA weather station, 12 mi away. High / low in °F.

  1. Jan46° high29° low
  2. Feb47° high28° low
  3. Mar49° high30° low
  4. Apr55° high33° low
  5. May64° high40° low
  6. Jun73° high47° low
  7. Jul82° high54° low
  8. Aug81° high54° low
  9. Sep77° high51° low
  10. Oct66° high42° low
  11. Nov54° high34° low
  12. Dec45° high29° low

Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020

Where it is

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Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Tahoe National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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