Goose Meadows

Second stay here. Beautiful spot though a tad close to the road. Our site had a great little view of the Truckee river out the back.

Quiet, clean, close to town

Goose Meadows is our favorite place to camp with kids near Tahoe! While not remote by any means, it is right on the Truckee River and it’s so nice to stroll down to with the little ones!

This was our third time staying at Goose Meadows and was as wonderful as always. I almost hate to leave a review because this is such a nice, quiet campground I’d hate anything to change. The site we stayed in this time was very spacious and afforded our small group of four some privacy and distance from neighbors. Easy walk down to the river for morning coffee with a view and afternoon swims to cool down. Bathroom was immaculately clean and fellow campers knew to keep the lids down so there was zero smell. Bear box was clean and shareable. Fire ring has a grate for cooking. Close to amenities if you want them and far enough removed to avoid them. Yes, there is road noise but we were close enough to the river it all blended together. Will return year after year.

Loved the campground, clean and our sites were spaced out. You can hear cars from the road though. Had a wonderful time!

I took my family to Goose Meadows and we all loved it! Furthest campground from the road on 89, beat decision to come here. We stayed in South 21 and definitely plan to come back again to the same exact site. There was so much space, we fit two 10 person tents, a 3 person tent, a 10x10 pop up, two hammocks, and had so much space still. This space particularly had a path that led directly to the best spot to relax on the river. Great for the kids, and even our dog who loves to swim. Watch for large crawdads, the kids loved seeing them. The toilets were vault, but kept very clean. The air fresheners kept a lot of the smell away, just dark in the restroom if you don’t bring a light. No hand or dish washing stations. Just a water spout by the host site where you can fill containers, but not drinkable. The sound of cars on 89 were easily drowned out by the rush of the river. Overall, we had a great time, and everyone was very nice.

Amazing campsite, it was beautiful, quiet, and easy to navigate. The river was accessible and the bathrooms were clean. We had the typical people walking right through our camp, but this is not the fault of the campground.

Site 24 is a decent site. Problem is the car traffic is soooo loud! All night we heard the traffic. Not the greatest sleep without ear plugs.

Very basic campground

We stayed in site 6 with a 20 ft trailer.
Pros: small campground, beautiful, quiet, close to river, wooded, a little further from highway
Cons: powdery dust everywhere, stirs into the air easily, awkward shaped campsite #6 to back trailer into and due to rocks at road edge and the neighboring sites table and campfire was very close to our site, signage and entrance from highway are small and difficult to turn in from the north as there is no center turn lane. There’s a north and south loop, north is easy to miss, narrow road into campground and within, lots of traffic camo through this small camp loop which seemed odd.

Overall, due to how dusty and messy this place is due to powdery soil wouldn’t visit again.