Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
From the back of USFS Bayview Campground, it's a steep 1-mile climb to glacial Gran-
ite Lake or a moderate 1.5-mile round-trip to Cascade Falls, which rushes with snowmelt
in early summer.
Boating
Fannette Island is accessible by boat, except during Canada goose nesting season (typic-
ally February to mid-June). Rent boats at Meeks Bay or South Lake Tahoe; from the latter,
you can also catch narrated bay cruises or speedboat tours.
Scuba Diving
Divers prepared for chilly high altitude plunges can explore sunken barges, a submerged
rockslide and artifacts at a historic dumping ground at the unique Underwater State Parks
of Emerald Bay and DL Bliss State Park. Reno-based
Sierra Diving Center
(
www.sierradive.com
) and
Aventure Scuba Center
(
www.renoscuba.com
)
offer classes
and trips.
Sleeping
Eagle Point Campground
CAMPGROUND
89; tent & RV sites $35; mid-Jun-early Sep)
With over 90 sites perched on the tip of Eagle Point, this state-park campground provides
flush toilets, hot pay-showers, beach access and bay views. Another 20 scattered sites are
reserved for boat-in campers.
USFS Bayview Campground
CAMPGROUND
This rustic, nay, primitive forest-service campground has 13 no-reservation sites and vault
toilets, but its potable water supplies are often exhausted sometime in July. It's opposite
Inspiration Point.
