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Boca Campground
Notice
Attention: FCFS sites must be paid for with cash. This Facility does not have a card reader.
Jun 14, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026
Overview
Boca Campground is located on a plateau above the shores of beautiful Boca Reservoir, 15 minutes northeast of Truckee, California. Visitors enjoy the area for its boating, swimming, and fishing opportunities. This facility is operated and maintained by Lake Tahoe Hospitality LLC for the Tahoe National Forest.
Recreation
Boca Reservoir is a popular location for boating, water skiing, swimming and fishing. A boat ramp is located less than a mile from the campground. The Little Truckee River is nearby and offers some of Northern California's best catch-and-release fly-fishing. The surrounding area offers hiking, biking, horseback riding and off-road vehicle trails. Boca Townsite Interpretive Trail showcases the boom and bust of the historic town of Boca as it transitioned from a construction camp for the Central Pacific Railroad to the Boca Mill and Ice Company and later to the Boca Brewery. It is located between Boca Dam and the railroad tracks.Facilities
The campground offers single-family sites, a few of which are designated for tent camping only. Each site is equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring with grill. Vault toilets are provided, but there is no drinking water available.Natural Features
The campground is located on a peninsula along the western shore of Boca Reservoir. Stands of mature Jeffrey pine and fir trees provide some shaded sites in this open campground overlooking the reservoir.Contact Info
This location has limited staffing. Please call (530) 606-3978 for general information.Nearby Attractions
Truckee, 15 minutes away, offers all the amenities of a year round recreational mountain town including interstate highway connectivity, top notch restaurants, resorts and hotels, grocery stores, gas stations, shopping, and historic sites. Stampede Reservoir is 12 miles north, where boating, water skiing, swimming and fishing are popular activities available. Lake Tahoe is conveniently located just 25 minutes away. Tahoe offers excellent boating, kayaking, fishing, hiking and scenic driving opportunities, as well as dining, shopping and lodging options. Other recreational opportunities in the area include Donner Camp Interpretive Trail, Overland Emigrant Commemorative Trial, Stampede Reservoir Recreation Area, Prosser Pits OHV area, and numerous hiking, mountain biking, and OHV trails.Camp site features
Across 23 camp sites:
- Fire pit: all 23 sites
- Pets allowed: all 23 sites
- Longest rig: 40 ft
- Largest party: 6 people
Directions
From Interstate 80, take Hirschdale Road exit ( exit 194) and proceed north on
Hirschdale Road for one mile. Turn left onto Boca Dam Reservoir Road and
proceed west for .6 miles. After the dam bear right on to Boca road for .6
miles. Boca campground in on the right. 12927 Boca Road, Truckee, CA 96161
Stay Limit
Check in from 2 PM, check out by 12 PM.
Reviews
Ratings (88)
5 stars
38
4 stars
20
3 stars
12
2 stars
10
1 stars
8
Kari H
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:005
Reviewed 21 hours ago
The roads have been getting worse every year. They’re in terrible condition! Too many deep ruts and the way to site 7 is almost washed out. It’s very dangerous pulling an RV on that road and should be fixed!!!
Tina E
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:014
Reviewed 7 days ago
Our first time camping in years with a 3 years old and a 9 month old and it was everything we needed! Clean grounds, respectful neighbors and easy directions!
Janet M
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:006
Reviewed 13 days ago
This is one of my favorite campgrounds and we come every year over the 4th. We live just a couple miles away and I appreciate how on top of it they are with fire safety and police any firework activity.
This is truely an off grid experience. No water, vault toilets, roads and sites are dirt and it's SO dusty.
Would also be super helpful if there was a "Campground Full" sign at the entrance. Every year there are numerous people driving through the camp quickly looking for a site (dusty) only to find they are all booked. And this year in particular, we had squaters in two of the 3 sites our group reserved.
Jerry M
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:017
Reviewed 17 days ago
Would have been perfect, but the weather didn't cooperate. A bit cold & windy.
Kameron S
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:027
Reviewed 23 days ago
Excellent site. Camp host was amazing. We had two cars and a trailer with a Seadoo Jetski, 2 dogs and 3 adults. Camp site 27 was more than big enough for all our things and you have a private “beach” area to walk down to. We were able to anchor our seadoo at the campsite. It was steep, but worth it to have it close to not have to relaunch again and again at the boat ramp. Which is also very close to camp.
Boca is amazing you won’t regret going to this camp site or Lake! Don’t miss out on a great time.
Sigurd J
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:008
Reviewed a month ago
The campground is fine, the campers are not. When I arrived I collected 35 beer cans that had been strewn across my site. The previous campers had also shoveled dirt into the fire ring to extinguish their fire - which meant I had no room to build my own. I camped at one of two sites at the end of a cul de sac. The campers in the other site invited their friends who were camping at two other sites in the campground to crowd into their site and the end of the cul de sac; four vehicles, 12 people, two dogs all on one site. Boca attracts such visitors.
Holly M
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:010
Reviewed a month ago
Loud music, people and cars packed in to sites. Dogs wandering off leashes, Host did not post my reservation so I had to tell a very grumpy older woman she was in my reserved site. Never saw a host. Will not stay again.
Bradley L
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:005
Reviewed 2 months ago
Booked spots 4 & 5 for a group tent camping trip. Most of our friends bailed last minute. However, there is essentially no real separation between sites 4 & 5, so they make an excellent pair for a big group. We were able to sprinkle our tents throughout the sites and basically had a private area all to ourselves. There's a huge gap with trees between site 5 and 6, so even though someone had an RV in 6, it was quiet and private. There is steep access to the water behind the sites, so we brought our paddle boards and had a great time
Carissa S
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:022
Reviewed 7 months ago
A great site with an awesome view! The parking spot is within eyesight, however it is quite a walk to the bathroom and you do have to walk through other sites to make it to 22.
Grey A
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:005
Reviewed 8 months ago
Great site, we rented 2 spots next to each other. It was a bit steep getting down to the lake but super fun.
Lisa C
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:027
Reviewed a year ago
Nice site. Didn't like the traffic driving past our site. Disappointed in the freeway noise is such a beautiful area.
Lovely site. Right next to the water. I do recommend.
Mario B
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:027
Reviewed a year ago
Honestly, not a great experience. The campground was extremely dusty — I don’t understand why they can’t add some grass or at least water it down. There was no water spigot at all, which is a big inconvenience for campers.
Accessing the lake was also frustrating. You have to carry your paddleboard or gear down a steep hill, which isn’t ideal.
Setting up our tent was a whole challenge. The ground was really hard and filled with tree roots and branches. We bent a couple of tent poles trying to get the stakes in — and we weren’t the only ones. A lot of people seemed to struggle with the same thing. Add strong winds on top of that, and it just wasn’t fun.
Overall, it felt like the campground was missing some basics. Wouldn’t return unless they made some improvements.
Julie S
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:014
Reviewed a year ago
Great location for a quick trip from Reno. My dog had a blast swimming and chasing ball.
I wasn’t a big fan of our camp neighbors building a campfire when there were clear signs everywhere to not have fires. Not sure who was supposed to monitor those dangerous fires.
Shannon Z
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:004
Reviewed a year ago
It was very quiet and clean. Beautiful scenery. The only negative was no water and I didn’t know so I had to go make another trip to get jugs of water.
Maybe I missed the notice on the app? Or it wasn't noted ?? We had a wonderful time
Gilberto D
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:005
Reviewed a year ago
Nice campground, 5 min away from grocery store
Diann J
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:015
Reviewed a year ago
The site itself is beautiful, with a perfect view of Boca Reservoir. The dirt path down to the lake is a bit steep and slippery, but we went down it a couple times during our stay. The big problem was that we were situated right between two very noisy campsites this trip, and there was no camp host presence, nor any ranger presence until we saw one when we were leaving. One site had at least four vehicles and around 10, perhaps more, people, and it was not a group campsite. They fought a lot and stayed up into early hours of the morning partying. The other side also stayed up into the early hours of the morning, but added music to the symphony of noise. Needless to say, our visit was not peaceful, but the scenery is spectacular. Boca has been a long time favorite of ours.
Tiffany B
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:007
Reviewed a year ago
Beautiful campground, large camp spots, close to the water. Just keep in mind there are no rv hook ups and no water. So bring enough water for your trip. If not truckee is not too far away.. you can always go into town to get some more. Can’t wait to go back again next year.
Diann J
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:007
Reviewed 2 years ago
It turned chilly and rainy and we had the campground almost to ourselves on this later in the year trip. We really enjoyed that and the view of the lake from this site is exceptional. However, I precariously slid my way down a steep incline to the lake but almost couldn’t make it back up, so access to the water from this site is almost nil unless you’re a mountain goat.
elena c
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:014
Reviewed 2 years ago
after unpacking our trailor the campground host arrived and informed us that we were at the wrong campground. he was kind to let us stay and said he would inform the campground host at the location we should have been. we were just there one night, but plan on returning. thank you
James A
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:006
Reviewed 2 years ago
No water is available. However, fees are the same as campsites that provide water.
Very dusty and sites are alongs the unpaved access roads. Traffic passing by frequently leave campsites and equipment in a fog of fine dust.
Numerous campers running very large and loud generators at all hours of the day and night.
James W
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:014
Reviewed 2 years ago
Great location. Excellent host. Nice place to spend a night.
Jennifer W
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:008
Reviewed 2 years ago
We love the CG and views! We do not like the dirt and dust - if RecGov could just gravel the main driveway on lower loop it would be ideal! We also didn’t like that the camp host wanted to see our drivers licenses and then put on a piece of paper for potential identity theft. Thank you
Kemal A
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:004
Reviewed 2 years ago
Gerry the manager @ this campsite is a very warm host. He will try to work things out if there is a conflict. The campsites are nice also. There is no water, but that is not an issue. There are plenty of places to get to the water area for recreation. Boca Recreation Area will always be on my list of places to check out!
Barb B
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:007
Reviewed 2 years ago
I have camped at the same spot for 25 years, beautiful view, quiet, campgrounds, and a good camp host
Hannah Rose L
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:022
Reviewed 2 years ago
The spot had stunning views of the reservoir and a large level spot for camping materials! The bear box was bigger than expected and the camp host was very sweet. It’s a little hard to get to bathrooms without walking through the adjacent spot (if it is also booked), but absolutely possible.
Monica O
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:022
Reviewed 3 years ago
This is a very nice campground with a wonderful host. The only trouble is its close proximity to a gun shooting range. The sound of gunshots at the crack of dawn is unsettling and I bet if you could ask the bald eagles, they would agree.
Joseph L
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:013
Reviewed 3 years ago
Wow! What a beautiful camp ground. The host was friendly and kept the camp ground in perfect shape. The bathrooms where always clean and stocked. I was impressed with each camp site and having the bear boxes added that extra sense of security.
Adam T
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:010
Reviewed 3 years ago
Beautiful views. Great campsites. We had an amazing weekend camping
Chris C
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:007
Reviewed 3 years ago
Campground was clean and quiet. Access to lake was really close!
Randy O
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:026
Reviewed 3 years ago
This camp is a beautiful setting with NO WATER! The $$ value is less than expected. If you drive down the road there’s a general store. You can draw water there for $10.00.
I had 27 people in different camp sites which were spacious.
Anthony o
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:024
Reviewed 3 years ago
Very clean and beautiful spot. People catching fish by the dam. People having fun on boats and jet skis ! Free public gun range on the lake !! This one by far is my favorite campsite. Deer and wildlife everywhere. If you’re fishing I advise going as early as possible especially if you’re trolling. By 10-11a there’s A LOT of people out on boats, jet skis, kayaks, paddle boards. Overall WILL BE BACk 10/10 !!!
Carl D
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:016
Reviewed 4 years ago
Excellent quiet campground just a couple of miles off of the interstae.
Abraham B
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:020
Reviewed 4 years ago
Super great site in an amazingly beautiful location
Linda H
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:017
Reviewed 4 years ago
We were at #19. It is so uneven. Many of the sites are. Why can’t some work be done here to even out the spots where tents and picnic tables are located. couldnt even walk around the site without having to keep our balance. Not good. Also Stampede is paved. Feels cleaner. Boca is so much smaller. Why can’t it be paved. Get some filthy at Boca.
That said the host was great and very helpful.
Judith W
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:013
Reviewed 4 years ago
The campground was great, well kept. The bathrooms were very clean. The host was very helpful and nice to talk to.
Donald S
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:017
Reviewed 4 years ago
Campground host was very helpful. Excellent location. Wonderful trip!
Brandon N
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:006
Reviewed 4 years ago
Slightly uneven campspot but manageable with leveling blocks for truck. Quiet spot too
Matthew P
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:018
Reviewed 4 years ago
Aggressive campers dumped trash at my site.
Chris H
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:006
Reviewed 4 years ago
The water in the reservoir was beautiful. Stars are awesome at night.
Emelia P
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:011
Reviewed 4 years ago
Love this campsite We have camped here many times in the past. It is always a wonderful experience. Camp host was awesome we ended up wanting to stay a few extra days and they were very accommodating. Campground is very well kept. We were even able anchor our boat in the lake and just walk down from camp.
Bernadette J
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:024
Reviewed 4 years ago
This campground is beautiful with campsites that have an easy access to the water. The restrooms are impressively well maintained. The only thing I wish it had was a water source to make it a lot easier to wash hands and some dishes instead of hauling our own water.
Ben L
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:016
Reviewed 4 years ago
Beautiful, quiet campground. Each site has its own trail leading down to the water of the reservoir, which gave some more private access to swimming. Definitely a serene option relative to the more crowded Tahoe locations.
jolene C
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:017
Reviewed 4 years ago
#17 is HOT, no shade. The path to the water is mean, steep ,soft dirt with rocks that slide, hiking boots not flip flops. #16, 17, 18 share the water, "beach" is small, water was refreshing Boca water. Dog friendly! 17 and 18 are not spaced as the map shows, they are exactlytogether, draw a line in the dirt and claim your side. The host was very nice and the bathrooms had toilet paper. I would not camp on 17 again. We moved to 19 and that was much more enjoyable with lots of shade and easier trail to water.
Sarah T
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:021
Reviewed 4 years ago
There was an incident where people did not want to share the only cove my family and I had access to. Drove there boat into the cove where my children where swimming and eventually when the Rangers got involved and asked them to make room they did not. Entitled persons calling me a Karen cause i got others 'authorities' invloved. I left the grounds a night early, it was an awful experience the Host was VERY VERY nice and apologized for the other campers behavior.
Don L
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:014
Reviewed 4 years ago
Sites not very level & site 13 should only be a tent site. Not big enough for even a small RV.
Colleen D
Loop:Boca Campground
Site:026
Reviewed 4 years ago
Host was very helpful and sites were clean.
Popularity
Busy · 74%
Busiest in July, when about 74% of sites are booked. Based on 9 years of reservations.
Location
Truckee, CA 96161
