Find your Lake Tahoe beach.
Every public beach around the lake, with the stuff that actually decides your day: do you need a reservation, what does it cost, where do you park, can the dog come, and is it a hike. Sourced from the parks and forest service, and kept current.
Sand Harbor
Turquoise water and granite boulders make this the most famous beach on the lake, and the busiest.
Emerald Bay (Vikingsholm Beach)
Tahoe's iconic postcard view, with a steep one-mile hike down to the beach and the Vikingsholm castle.
Kings Beach State Recreation Area
The big, sandy, family North Shore beach, with a playground, BBQs and gradual shallow water.
Pope Beach
The roomy, pine-shaded South Shore classic, family-friendly but the lot fills before 9am.
Baldwin Beach
Quieter than Pope next door, with shallow water and a Mt Tallac backdrop.
Kiva Beach
The rare free South Shore beach, and one of the few that welcomes leashed dogs.
D.L. Bliss State Park (Lester Beach)
Some of the clearest water in the lake at Calawee Cove. Arrive early before the gate closes.
Nevada Beach
A long, west-facing sandy beach with Sierra sunset views on the quieter Nevada side.
Zephyr Cove Beach
A full-service resort beach with food, rentals and the MS Dixie cruise dock.
Commons Beach (Tahoe City)
A free downtown beach and park with a playground, summer concerts and free movie nights.
El Dorado Beach (Lakeview Commons)
A free downtown beach and grassy commons with a boat ramp and summer events.
Camp Richardson Beach
A lively resort beach with a marina, restaurant and rentals, with cashless paid parking in summer.
Chimney Beach
A free, hike-in cove with turquoise water, a favourite for a quieter swim.
Secret Cove
A secluded, hike-in cove with clear turquoise water. It is a legal clothing-optional beach.
Meeks Bay
A calm, shallow, sandy bay on the West Shore with a marina and campground.
Sugar Pine Point State Park
A wooded state park with a pier, a historic mansion and a quieter beach a short walk from the car.
Tahoe Vista Recreation Area
A compact North Shore beach with a boat launch, showers and a shady picnic grove.
Regan Beach
South Lake Tahoe's dog beach, with a dedicated off-leash water-park section and a grassy park.
William Kent Beach
A free, low-key, wooded West Shore beach a couple of miles from Tahoe City.
Cave Rock
Primarily a boat launch, with a small clear-water swimming cove at the south end.
Carnelian Bay (Patton Beach)
A small, dog-friendly North Shore beach next to the Gar Woods restaurant and pier.
Skunk Harbor
A secluded sandy cove reached on a 1.6-mile downhill hike, with a historic stone house on the shore.
Hidden Beach
A rocky, boulder-strewn beach with alcoves, reached on a short scramble from the highway.
Speedboat Beach
A hidden, boulder-lined local cove near the state line, calm and scenic but with almost no parking.