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Sagehen Creek Campground is a remote, rustic campground along Sagehen Creek approximately seven miles west of Highway 89 North. It is adjacent to a beautiful meadow with shade provided by lodgepole pine. Prepare for mosquitos in the early camping season. Not suitable for large RVs. Rough native surface roads in campground. Accessible vault toilet. Picnic tables and fire rings provided. Firewood not available for purchase. Elevation: 6500 feet. ** _No water or trash services provided. Pack it in, pack it out_** No fee for staying in Sagehen Creek campground. No reservations – first come, first served. ** _CAMPING IS LIMITED TO 14 DAYS PER YEAR._** Directions: From Truckee take Highway 89 North for approximately eight miles to Sagehen Summit. Take a left onto 260 Road and go approximately 0.10 mile to four-way intersection. Continue on 260 Road (middle road, not to field station) for approximately 1.5 miles. Take a left onto 11 Road for approximately three miles. At bottom of paved hill, take a left at Sagehen Campground sign. Campground will be on the right in approximately 0.5 mile.
From Truckee, CA, take State Rt. 89 north 5.7 miles to first left after Sierra county sign. Turn left onto gravel road and go 1.2 miles to campground directional sign. Turn left onto Forest Route 11 and go 2.8 to a "T" intersection. Turn left and go 0.4 miles to campground on right.
An awesome little camping spot in the mountains near Tahoe. If you're looking for a new place to camp, enjoy a little light off reading, and enjoy having only a few campsites, then you'll love Sagehen.
Each campsite has a picnic bench and fire pit. There's vault toilets on site. As well as a lake to fish in not far away. A nice little slice of nature, right in our backyard.
I didn't camp here, but I did hike Sagehen Creek Trail with my 3 year old son and 4 year old nephew. This is so far one of my favorite hikes I've been on since moving to Reno. I would highly recommend this hike if you want a place that has free parking (BIG BONUS) and easy trail. It is flat with almost no incline. The kids had no troubles keeping up and enjoying themselves on this hike because of the ease of the trail. You will be hiking along the creek for a while so bring bug spray. The trail is filled with beautiful different kinds of wild flowers and ends at Stampede Reservoir. Note: The trail is close to 5 miles there and back.
Went here every summer as a kid in the late 50s early 60s. Learned how to fish here. Hooked myself many times. Would gather red ants and put them with black ants and watch them fight. Ran around and caught grasshoppers for fishing bait. Always just our 2 families there. Not alot of people tent camped back then. Great memories.
This campground was wonderful. Despite the fact my group and I decided to go during cold weathers, it was great. The road is pretty clear on the way up. Hit some terrain closer to the actual campground site. Had fire pits, a bathroom, picnic table, beautiful river. The ground was marshy around the campground area. But more than enough space for tents.
We enjoyed our two-night stay, we planned to stay 1 more night but we were literally devoured by mosquitoes like never before, despite repellent, so we left. Most people during our stay camped for 1 night.
Sagehen creek is very close to the campsite (convenient to get some water), and the meadows are mostly marshland, that's why there were a lot of mosquitoes. The place is very beautiful and so peaceful! At night you're rocked by the sound of the creek and in the morning the singing birds wake you up. Thank goodness NO noisy generators!!!
The campsites are very large and you're not on top of the other campers. There are just 10 spots, on July 4 3 spots were occupied and the next night, 5 spots.
It's a dispersed campground so it's free, but each site has a picnic table and a fire pit, plus there's a pit restroom ( no need to dig a hole ;) )
The road to get there is a bit rough at some points, 4 WD is necessary!
We saw a coyote on the road and my son saw a black bear in the meadow 30 yards from our tent.
