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California
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Inside Tahoe National Forest
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Salmon Creek
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Salmon Creek is located two miles north of Bassetts on the Gold Lake Highway near Salmon Creek. There are 31 campsites, seven of which have space for trailers. It has vault toilets and piped water. Salmon Creek Campground is surrounded by lodgepole pine and cedar trees. This area offers an abundance of beautiful high mountain lakes with a variety of accessibility along with scenic rugged geological features of granitic ridges and glacially serrated rock outcroppings.

BERGER
~3 min drive
A worthwhile stop near California.

LAKES BASIN
~7 min drive
A worthwhile stop near California.
Salmon Creek Campground
~0 min drive
A worthwhile stop near California.
Sardine Lake Campground
~1 min drive
A worthwhile stop near California.
SARDINE
~1 min drive
A worthwhile stop near California.
Diablo Campground
~3 min drive
A worthwhile stop near California.
DIABLO
~3 min drive
Creek-side campground in Sierra Buttes area with mountain access and lake proximity.
Berger Creek Cg
~3 min drive
A worthwhile stop near California.
Berger Campground
~3 min drive
A worthwhile stop near California.
Packsaddle Campground
~3 min drive
A worthwhile stop near California.