SHIRTTAIL CREEK
SHIRTTAIL CREEK
SHIRTTAIL CREEK
SHIRTTAIL CREEK
SHIRTTAIL CREEK

Featured amenities

Pet Friendly Pet Friendly
Picnic Table Picnic Table
Restrooms Restrooms
Fire Pit Fire Pit

Available sites

26 total sites

About Shirttail Creek

Shirttail Campground is located on the north shore of Sugar Pine Reservoir, in the Tahoe National Forest, 15 mi from Foresthill. Visitors enjoy the area for its fishing, boating, OHV, and hiking opportunities. This facility is operated and maintained by the Tahoe National Forest.

Seasonal information

2026 (Current year)

2026 Season availability

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Currently open - May 18 to Nov 15

Campground Amenities

Most popular amenities

Pet friendly Pet friendly
Picnic Table Picnic Table
Restrooms Restrooms
Fire Pit Fire Pit
Site Setup and Access

Site Setup and Access

  • ADA Accessible
Water and Hygiene

Water and Hygiene

  • Potable Water
  • Restrooms
Cooking and Fire

Cooking and Fire

  • Picnic Table
  • BBQ
  • Fire Pit
On Site Services

On Site Services

  • Fish Cleaning Station
Water Access

Water Access

  • Boat Ramp / Launch
Pets and Policies

Pets and Policies

  • Pet friendly
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Rates, Sites & Availability

Select check-in and check-out dates to see real-time availability for each site.

26 Sites Available

Site
Price
🚐 001, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 002, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 003, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 004, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 005, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 006, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 007, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
⛺ 008, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK Tent
Paved · Pet Friendly · Yes shade
🚐 009, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved
🚐 010, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 012, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 013, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 014, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 017, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 018, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 019, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 020, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 021, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 022, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Pull-through
🚐 023, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 024, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 025, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Pull-through
🚐 026, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 027, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 029, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site
🚐 030, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Back-in Site

Reviews (143)

What Guests Are Saying

Shirttail Creek Campground is praised for its clean grounds, well-maintained campsites, and beautiful lake, ideal for swimming, kayaking, and paddleboarding. Many visitors appreciate the peaceful environment, starry skies, and friendly camp host, Kevin, who enhances the camping experience. While some noted issues like limited cell service and occasional bathroom odors, overall, guests enjoyed their time and expressed a desire to return.

Review Summary

4.3
143 reviews
5
60.8%
87
4
22.4%
32
3
7.7%
11
2
4.9%
7
1
4.2%
6

Kimberly H

Verified

July 5, 2024 • Stayed at: 020, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK

4

Despite being a double site, please note that there is only ONE bear locker available. This severely limited us on our ability to properly secure our food (Site 25 which is a triple site has 2 bear lockers).

I booked this site along with site # 22 and they make a fantastic large group site! Site #22 has a nice large gathering area but it is in full sun for most of the day so we used that area for the campfire in the evenings and spent the days in site #20 which has a nice amount of shade throughout the day but not the best campfire space.
If you choose to book this site without booking # 20 I would warn that you will feel close to the other group.
We were able to fit a 24' 5th wheel, Truck and 2 cars on the parking strip. the parking area is unlevel front to back sloping down towards the rear.

We spent a lot of time down by the lake but due to the location of the site we decided it was best to drive to the lake parking lot to bring our things down to the shore area, we then returned the vehicles to the campsite (the parking lot requires an additional fee) and walked back down. Waking down to the shore while carrying everything would have been difficult, the walk back up was at a definite incline so not an enjoyable walk when carrying anything.

There is ZERO cell service here, no matter which carrier you have. Ice is a 30 minute drive back into town. There is a lot of easy to scavenge firewood to be found around the area.

Jamie d

Verified

May 30, 2024 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK

4

Lovely lake and nice flat sites avaiable.

Courtney S

Verified

October 9, 2023 • Stayed at: 020, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK

5

We had a great time! I recommend getting one of the double sites if you have more than one tent. We had a double and looking at the singles, they were tiny so I was glad we did as we had 3 tents and would not have fit. We went fishing and all 4 of us caught trout from shore using power bait and lures. There is bears here! Make sure you put your cooler in the bear box or your car. A bear did get into our cooler and eat a bunch of our food. It was scary watching him from a peek hole in my tent eat all my burgers! But wow what a story to tell. Beautiful campsite and lake though. Oh and you’re allowed to cut all the dry wood you want for fire wood. We brought an axe and paid for no fire wood.

CECILIA D

Verified

October 2, 2023 • Stayed at: 019, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK

5

We had a fabulous time camping here. Facilities were clean. Camp wasn't a far walk to the lake. Beautiful scenery everywhere. Boat launch facilities were great. Tables, fire put, BBQ, and bear box at the site. Water spickets located nearby. We will certainly be back.

nacisa b

Verified

September 19, 2023 • Stayed at: 022, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK

5

Campsite 22 is a double site. We were a group of 9 and it fit 5 tents comfortably (2 large family size, 2 medium, 1 small), and could have still fit another 2 tents. The sight had 2 picnic tables, 2 grills, and 1 fire pit. The bathroom was a close walk (under a minute) but not in view from the site. There was 2 water stations near, 1 being at the bathroom. All the bathrooms were very clean and maintained. The lake was less than a 5 minute walk from the campsite and there were multiple bathrooms on the way. We enjoyed a few hours at the lake each day. It was very clean and pretty. Bring water shoes as it’s mostly rocks underneath. Everyone played in the water. We had floaties and tossed a football. Fortunately none of us got stung by the occasional wasp that came around every time we cooked but we did get bit a lot by the mosquitoes even though we wore repellent. We brought a netted canopy we put right over the picnic table and ate inside of it. This site had a good portion of shade with the sun draping in through the tall trees. We were able to enjoy most of the day without having to worry about sunscreen unless we went down to the water. Campsites are close together but we stayed during the week days following Labor Day weekend and only had a couple other campers who were not in view. Had we stayed during the weekend there definitely would had been people at the site right next to us very close in view and no doubt could hear everything. For that reason I would definitely not stay at this campground during a busy holiday weekend like Labor Day. Between the 9 of us we had 4 different cell providers and none of got service at all, not even walking around or at the lake. It was very nice to spend time with no one on their phones. It was an amazing family camping trip and we will definitely go back and book site 22 again.

Michelle H

Verified

September 17, 2023 • Stayed at: 003, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK

5

Nice, clean and beautiful. Definitely going again

Jennifer F

Verified

August 8, 2023 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK

4

Beautiful, clean campground. Great camp hosts!

Jennifer F

Verified

August 8, 2023 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK

5

Beautiful clean campground. Polite and attentive camp hosts who tried to manage the noisy late party groups.

Erica T

Verified

August 3, 2023 • Stayed at: 025, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK

3

The site looked nothing like the pictures when we booked. We booked a triple site maximum 18 people. We only 14 with 4 tents. The only place to put the tents on flat ground was down a hill which was hard for the older folks to get up and down. There was one flat area for a small tent up closer but it was directly next the fire pit. Which was very small too. The site was too small and not much useable space. If you have a larger crowd you’re better off getting site 30 and 14 which is directly behind where we were at 25. The bathrooms were kept clean and smelled great. Camp hosts were polite besides accusing us of being the rowdy crowd at 1am (we were in bed by 11). Last night there a family was so loud up until about 2am. I get it people want to have fun. But they were blasting their music. Keeping us awake. Not sure where the camp host was at that time. Water was perfect.

Silvia H

Verified

August 2, 2023 • Stayed at: 019, Loop: AREA SHIRTTAIL CREEK

5

It is the first time that I go to this camp and the truth is that I was delighted, the place is very clean and the bathrooms smell super good, he is always waiting to wash them and supply them with paper, no setbacks. simply beautiful recommended 100%

Location & Directions for Shirttail Creek

22830 Foresthill Road, Foresthill, CA 95631 United States

Elevation: 1,118 ft

Getting There

From either east bound or west bound Interstate 80 take exit 121, Auburn Ravine Road to Foresthill. Continue east for 17 mi, to Foresthill. Travel through town, about 9 mi, to Forest Road 10/Sugar Pine Road. Turn left and continue 9 mi to the Suga...

Nearest town

Foresthill, CA - 18 mi

About 32 min to downtown

Highway access

Shirttail Creek is accessible via Interstate 80, with the nearest exit being exit 121 for Auburn Ravine Road. From there, it is approximately 26 miles to the campground via Foresthill Road and Sugar Pine Road.

Policies & Rules

General

  • *** Large single unit RVs are not suitable for the campground roads. Even though a site might have a 40 foot parking space, a 40 foot long RV can’t navigate through the campground. Also please remember that site parking length includes trailer and vehicle.***
  • Water Faucets: • While safe to drink, the potable water in the campground has a high iron content and visitors may wish to bring their own drinking water. • Visitors may not connect hoses to faucets for sanitation concerns. • Faucets are meant for drinking water only. For sanitation reasons there can be no bathing or cleaning at faucets. • All grey water must be properly disposed of at the dump station.  Trash: • Trash should be placed in dumpsters. If the dumpsters are full then trash must be properly stored in a bear box until the dumpster is emptied, or can be taken to the nearest dumpster. This is to avoid wildlife getting in the trash and dispersing it through the forest.   • Make sure to properly close/lock dumpsters to avoid wildlife getting in the trash. Campsite: • Camp only in designated camping areas. Areas beyond the campground could have hazard trees.  • Only park in designated parking spaces. Parking off of pavement in camping areas is prohibited. • No parking in or blocking road ways.  • Keep food in bear boxes at all times.  • If visitors need to hang things they can use rachets straps or bungees. Using screws, nails, and staples is prohibited.  • Stapling into the preparation tables and/or picnic tables is prohibited due to the damage it causes.  • Cutting or damaging standing trees is prohibited.   • Collecting dead wood is highly encouraged. Visitors must have a wood cutting permit to cut wood on the ground.  • DAY USE:   • NO Swimming on or around the boat dock/ ramp. Swimmers must stay 100 feet away at all times to keep a safe distance from boat traffic.  • Park in designated parking spots. No parking along painted curbs or by boat ramp.  • All vehicles must pay for day use parking at the Sugar Pine Day Use Area. The $5.00 Day use parking is not included in the camping fee.  Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed. For current fire conditions or weather closures contact the American River Ranger District (530) 367-2224 (voice), (530) 367-2226 (TDD).
  • Don't Move Firewood: Protect California's forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. For more information visit firewood.ca.gov.
  • This is not Sugar Pine Point State Park
  • Off-road vehicle use is prohibited within the Sugar Pine Complex, except for at the staging area near the turnoff to Big Reservoir, such as Sugarpine OHV and Parker Flat.
  • Utility hookups and showers are not available
  • Click here for more information on the Tahoe National Forest

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Last updated: October 19, 2026

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