16 Kayaking Areas near Boca Reservoir Hidden Beach
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China Cove Beach
Truckee
11.2 miles SWChina Cove Beach is the sandy, shallow corner at the west end of Donner Memorial State Park, on the south shore of Donner Lake outside Truckee. California State Parks runs it, access is open to anyone paying the 10 dollar day use parking fee, and there is
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Kings Beach State Recreation Area
Kings Beach
13.1 miles SA wide sand beach with a shallow, gently sloping entry on Lake Tahoe's north shore, run by California State Parks in downtown Kings Beach. Parking costs $3 an hour or $10 a day, charged year round.
Kayak, Swim
Wingfield Park
Reno, Nevada
16.1 miles NEAn oasis in downtown Reno where manmade dams and natural rock formations turn the Truckee River into a playground for swimming, kayaking, tubing, and rafting.
Kayak, Swim
Lake Forest Beach
Tahoe City
16.6 miles SA free public beach at the end of Bristlecone Street, owned by Placer County and run by the Tahoe City Public Utility District. Sandy, pine shaded and genuinely quiet, with the one real constraint being how few cars fit at the end of the road.
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Commons Beach
Tahoe City
17.5 miles SFree public beach and lakefront park in downtown Tahoe City on Lake Tahoe, run by the Tahoe City PUD, with cold clear water, a sand and cobble shore, kayak rentals and free summer concerts.
Kayak, Swim
Sand Harbor State Park
Incline Village
17.6 miles SEA Nevada State Parks day-use beach on Lake Tahoe's northeast shore near Incline Village, with a 2,500-foot sandy swim beach, very clear cold water and a $10 entry fee ($15 for non-Nevada vehicles).
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William Kent Beach
Tahoe City
19.7 miles SA free Forest Service swim beach on Lake Tahoe's West Shore, two miles south of Tahoe City on Highway 89, with a pebbly shore, cold clear water and picnic tables across from William Kent Campground.
Kayak, Swim
Sugar Pine Point Beach
Tahoma
25.3 miles SA quarter-mile walk from the parking lot puts you on a sand beach at the foot of Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park, where General Creek meets Lake Tahoe and the water runs clear enough to read the bottom. It is also genuinely cold, even in August.
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Lester Beach
South Lake Tahoe
29.0 miles SLester Beach is the sandy main swim beach at D. L. Bliss State Park on Lake Tahoe's west shore, with clear, cold, shallow water and a $10 per vehicle day-use fee in season.
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Zephyr Cove Park
Glenbrook, Nevada
29.3 miles SSix tennis courts, disc golf, a sledding hill, a beach, and a fishing pond all at one free park make Zephyr Cove one of Lake Tahoe's most versatile family hangouts.
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Hell Hole Reservoir
Georgetown
30.4 miles SWA 4,630 foot Rubicon River reservoir in the Eldorado National Forest, 51 miles and two hours east of Georgetown, where the boat ramp cove is the only drivable shoreline and the lake drops over 100 feet by September.
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Nevada Beach Campground
Zephyr Cove
31.3 miles SA mile of wide, coarse granite sand on the Nevada shore of Lake Tahoe, with a long shallow shelf that makes it one of the easiest big beaches on the lake to swim from. The Forest Service concessionaire charges a per vehicle day use fee at the Elks Point R
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Vikingsholm Beach
South Lake Tahoe
32.3 miles SSandy beach at the head of Emerald Bay in Emerald Bay State Park, below the 1929 Vikingsholm mansion, reached by a steep one-mile trail. Free to walk in; parking is $10 a day.
Hike, Kayak, Swim
El Dorado Beach
South Lake Tahoe
33.4 miles SFree city beach at Lakeview Commons on Lake Tahoe's south shore in South Lake Tahoe, with a roped swim area, free parking, kayak rentals and a boat ramp. Shoreline construction can close it, so check before you go.
Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Pope Beach
South Lake Tahoe
33.5 miles SA long sandy Forest Service beach on Lake Tahoe's south shore, three miles northwest of South Lake Tahoe, with clear, cold water and a $10 per vehicle day-use fee.
Kayak, Swim
Gold Lake
Graeagle
34.9 miles NWGold Lake is the largest lake in the Plumas National Forest's Lakes Basin Recreation Area, with a free cartop launch and day-use area by the dam on its north shore where swimmers can get in.
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