Boca Rest Campground

Looks like this cg is in process of being refurbished. Nice level sites with new tables and fire rings. Signs say camp in cg only but looks like boondocking would be doable nearby.
Half price with appropriate pass.
Potable water and decent pit toilets.
Sites all reserved for the weekend but I’m here on Thursday with 8 or 10 other campers.

We arrived on a Tuesday, and almost had the campground to ourselves. The weekend, things filled up, but still sites were available. If you are into fishing, kayaking, boating, trail riding this is a great base camp. We were there right after Labor Day, and we found warm days, & cool nights. This is a dusty camp. Access to some of the camps can be more challenging than other campsites. We had a pull though on the lake. Good access to the water from our site. Only could give it 3 stars for noise due to the speed boats, generators & quad runners.

I reserved this through recreation.gov and the site I picked was where the camp host was living. Of course he was not there. There is no cell service to be able to call. This is a dirt lot with a few randomly scattered picnic tables. It is not level and difficult to navigate with a trailer. It is not like a typical national forest site. The lake is beautiful though.

This small campground is right on the Boca reservoir. There are 2 loops, North and South. The camp road is dirt and gravel and tight in certain areas. All sites have awesome views of the reservoir which is surrounded by the beautiful, pristine Tahoe National Forest. During our visit in June, you can still see the snowcapped mountains in the distance. The reservoir is perfect for fishing, kayaking and boating. The campground host was friendly and helpful. He greeted us and escorted us to our site. The sites are decent size but no privacy and not well leveled. Our site which was on the north loop, #32, was huge and on the reservoir. Absolutely beautiful.
Verizon signal was spotty LTE and 2 bars on cellular even with a booster.
The campground is just over a half hour from Lake Tahoe and Reno NV. And about 20 mins to the Olympic Village Squaw Valley. There's a beautiful multi-use paved trail for biking, walking, running that runs along Truckee River that starts just south of I80 on route 89 and runs all the way south to Lake Tahoe.