Lake Tahoe loop with a travel trailer or RV
Lake Tahoe loop runs 85 miles from Truckee to Incline Village. With an RV, you're looking at 2 h 55 min behind the wheel. Our map shows it sealed the whole way.
We planned it on Motocamp's own router for an RV and for a truck and travel trailer, at the sizes in the table below, so every number here comes from a real plan, not a guess.
The stops: Truckee · Tahoe City · South Lake Tahoe · Incline Village
Is Lake Tahoe loop OK for an RV?
Yes, on our plan. It gets through for an RV without using a road signed too low, too short or closed to trailers. Here's what to keep an eye on.
The plan, rig by rig
| RV | Truck and travel trailer | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 85 miles | 85 miles |
| Driving time | 2 h 55 min | 3 h 5 min |
| Unsealed | none | none |
| Steeper than 8% | under a mile | under a mile |
| Total climb | 4,154 ft | 4,154 ft |
| Longest gap between fuel | not on our map | not on our map |
| Signed limits it goes round | 0 | 0 |
| Planned at | 13 ft 1 in high, 40 ft long and 26,455 lb | 11 ft 6 in high, 38 ft 1 in long and 11,464 lb |
Towns on the way
- Truckee · mile 0
- South Lake Tahoe · mile 57
- Incline Village · mile 85
Free camps on the way
- Marlette Peak Campground · mile 34 · no caravans
National park and other campgrounds
- Donner Memorial State Park Creek Campground · mile 1 · fees apply
- Donner Memorial State Park Splitrock Campground · mile 2
- Goose Meadows · mile 6 · fees apply
- Silver Creek-Truckee · mile 8 · fees apply
- William Kent Campground · mile 14 · fees apply
- Lake Tahoe - East Shore · mile 40
- Nevada Beach Campground · mile 52 · fees apply
- Campground by the Lake · mile 56 · fees apply
- Lake Tahoe - South Shore · mile 57
- Chris Haven RV Annex · mile 57
- and 12 more in the app
Plan this trip for your own rig
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Tell Motocamp what you drive, from an enduro bike to a 40-foot RV, and it plans this trip for that vehicle: the roads it fits, the low bridges and closed roads to steer clear of, and places to stay on the way. The maps keep working where there's no signal.
Plan this trip for your own rig Already have Motocamp USA? Open it hereCamps, fuel and road limits come from OpenStreetMap and state agencies, and some can be missing or out of date. Distances are along our plan. Always go by the signs on the road.