Caples Lake Campground — Hotel in South Lake Tahoe

Camped here with my 4 grandkids in early August. Pros: large, clean sites, easy walk to the lake, fire pits, picnic tables, clean restrooms and water available. Cons: never saw the hosts, we stayed 3 nights. 2nd. night the campers across from us had an all night party, kept us awake until after 3am. The garbage situation needs work, there are no bear boxes. There are dumpsters, but they are locked, only a metal can with an easily removable lid is available. Of course a bear got into the can in the middle of the night and then took a walk around our site, sniffing at the bottom of our tents and looking inside the car. A bit frightening for the kids....and me too! I think that you are supposed to empty your garbage into the can before a certain time so the camp employees can empty it into the dumpster, but there is no communication with campers. Would love to go back, but the garbage situation needs...

We come up from southern California the same week every year. We meet up with a group of good friends and family for a week of camping. Campground is right on the highway, but the campsites in the back are very quiet. Camp hosts, Martha & Dave are great! Firewood is available for purchase. Campsites were leveled and improved a few years ago. Campsites are easy walking distance to Caples Lake. Lake has boat rental and bait shop. Just a few miles to Kirkwood Ski Resort and their general store. 45 minute drive to South Lake Tahoe. No running water while we were there, but we knew ahead of time and brought our own. Toilets are rustic (kinda like a nice outhouse) and need some paint, but, hey, we're camping, right? Some sites can handle trailers, but we stay in tents. It trained a few days this year, but it was light and there's no mud. We'll be...

Large camp spots and very quiet at night. The only downside is there should be bear boxes at the camp spots. We had a bear come through camp 2 nights in a row. The first night was unexpected so he got some bread products but the second night we were expecting him and put all of the food in the bed of our truck. The bear looked for food but only found ice cheast full of beer and water. He still knocked them over anyway though. I think a bear box would deture them from even looking for food and go somewhere else. Overall it is a...