Alder Creek Campground

This will be my 5^th stay at Tahoe Donner (Alder Creek) Campground. We love it. I have stayed at campgrounds all over California, this is one of my favorites. It’s managed by a couple who are dedicated to keeping the grounds clean, safe, and comfortable for all. We bought firewood from them and they delivered it to our campsite. I’ve never had any campground that offered that. It’s in a great location close to amenities yet sits on a quiet stream. Beautiful Alders, I strung up a hammock next to Alder Creek & relaxed with the sound of the water in the background. Bathrooms & showers were clean. My kids loved the ping pong & volleyball sand pit. We will return!

HORRID! The hosts told me, «A pop in the mouth never hurt anyone» referring to my 16 month old baby who happens to cry (like a normal baby) I refused to, «Keep my child in line» and abuse my BABY! So we chose to leave rather than compromise OUR parenting beliefs! If you don’t want to abuse your baby find a different campground! EWWWWW
P. S. I told them the age of my child when I made the reservations!

A very well kept campground! Free showers, automatic toilets, sinks, sink to wash dishes and washer and dryers are available. I have never seen a campground that offers such up to date amenities! There is also access to a hiking trail within the grounds, volley ball court and ping pong table. Some of campsites are fairly close to each other but there are a few available that offer more privacy. You can tell the campground hosts really care about the grounds as there are cute signs and personal touches scattered about through the campground. The campground is located close to a residential neighborhood, but it still feels close to nature. I would definitely come back here!
Tip: 1^st dog is free, any additional is $ 5 each.
$ 5 Firewood

Arrived on a Sunday afternoon and wanted to spend Monday relaxing at our campsite. Unfortunately the Donner Tahoe Day Camp brings about 20 little kids to the campground 1 – 2 times or more a week for an «outing», We were awoken at 8am to the screams and yelling only to have them play in the stream directly below us. No so relaxing. Hosts conveniently forgot to tell us this. Their comment was «put it on the comment card but if you are not a property owner they probably throw it away. »

This campground has showers and flush toilets which is pretty rare. The bathrooms are pretty well maintained. It was a friendly group of campers the weekend we were there and the campground hosts are lovely people. Plus there is a volleyball court and ping-​pong table. And we were able to roll in on Saturday afternoon toward the end of summer and pick up an empty site. Other campgrounds in the area were full that weekend.
It’s a little kitschy with little bear signs sprinkled all over. The sites have mulch and gravel on them and the campground is overlooked by a couple of houses so it’s not a wilderness experience.
Overall a nice and quite place to stay in Truckee that won’t break the bank.