FS · Tahoe National Forest

Cottage Creek Campground (CA)

9 of 9 sites fit 25 ft

Book one of 1D, 4D, 8T, 9D, 2T, 3D and 3 more

Longest for your rig: 99 ft
Booking: Reservable
Hookups: water
Entry: Pull-through
ADA sites: —
Elevation: 2,338 ft
Vehicles: up to 6

Book on Recreation.gov →the official reservation system; we take no cut

Getting there

What the agency says about the road in. For a long rig this is often the binding constraint — a site that fits is no use behind four miles of shelf road — and none of it appears in the campsite data.

Narrow or single-lane roadYou will travel 1/4 mile on a narrow road and the Cottage Creek Campground will be on the right.quoted from the driving directions

Every bookable site

The 9 sites that take a 25 ft rig, drawn where they sit.

Fits your 25 ft rig — 9 sites

1D99 ft driveway · pull · paved · 24 ft wide · 4 vehicles 4D67 ft driveway · pull · paved · 28 ft wide · 4 vehicles 8T60 ft driveway · back · paved · 62 ft wide · 6 vehicles 9D60 ft driveway · back · paved · 36 ft wide · 4 vehicles 2T50 ft driveway · back · paved · 36 ft wide · 6 vehicles 3D50 ft driveway · back · paved · 24 ft wide · 4 vehicles 5D50 ft driveway · back · paved · 24 ft wide · 4 vehicles 6D50 ft driveway · back · paved · 24 ft wide · 4 vehicles 7D50 ft driveway · back · paved · 24 ft wide · 4 vehicles

fits 25 ft (9) too short (0) not published (0)Click a site for what it publishes and a way to book it. Positions are the agency’s; roads, water and terrain are not shown, so this says where the sites are and not how you drive between them.

Within 60 miles

Map marker#	Campground	Distance	Sites	Longest for your rig	Hookups
1	Hornswoggle Group Campground CA	2 mi NE	6	80 ft	none
2	Schoolhouse Campground (CA) CA	2 mi NE	55	92 ft	none · pull-through
3	Garden Point Boat-in Campground CA · tent-only	3 mi NE	16	—	none
4	Dark Day Campground CA · tent-only	3 mi NE	10	44 ft	none
5	Madrone Cove Boat-in Campground CA · tent-only	5 mi N	10	—	none
6	Carlton CA	12 mi NE	17	55 ft	none

this campground numbered to match the tableClick a marker for what it is and how far. Straight-line distances, not driving distances; the inset shows where this sits in the state. For directions, open this location in OpenStreetMap.

Everything else on record

Bookable sites: 9
Longest driveway: 99 ft
Max occupancy per site: 18
Reservable sites: 9
Coordinates: 39.3978, -121.1483
Nearest place: Nevada City
Phone: 530-478-6253
Elevation: 2,338 ft

Sources

Recreation Information Database (RIDB) · fetched from https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1/facilities/10137699 · retrieved 2026-08-17 · public-domain
USGS Elevation Point Query Service · fetched from https://epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json · retrieved 2026-08-17 · public-domain