Boca Reservoir
This reservoir offers several inlets surrounded by sagebrush slopes, bluffs, and pines.
...inlets surrounded by sagebrush slopes, bluffs, and pines.
DESCRIPTION:
Normal capacity is 41,000 Acre Feet. Elevation: 5605’. Season: May - October. It is normally drawn down dramatically by late summer.
DIRECTIONS:
To Boca Reservoir
Seven miles east of Truckee on I-80 take the Hirschdale exit. Drive 1.5 miles to (paved) Stampede Dam Road and turn left.
See East Slope Map.
ACTIVITIES:
Camping (Rating: Good)
Boca Campground: 20 campsites, partially developed with limited space for trailers. This is a fee area and no reservations accepted. You’ll have to bring drinking water or purify lake water. Boca Rest Campground: 25 tent or trailer/RV campsites with little shade. This is a fee area and no reservations accepted.
Boca Spring Campground: One mile northeast of Boca Rest Campground, 17 campsites, fire rings, no tables, horse trailer space. This is a fee area and no reservations accepted.
Boyington Mill Campground: 12 tent or trailer sites. You’ll have to bring drinking water or purify river water. This is a fee area and no reservations accepted. Directions: 4 miles north of the dam on Little Truckee River and Stampede Dam Road.
Fishing (Rating: Good)
Catchable rainbows are planted, Kokanee are available, and browns. Although decreasing in numbers; some large brownies remain. Better for trolling, but with some decent bank fishing still available at the right times.
Boating Lakes & Reservoirs (Rating: Good)
All craft allowed with a speed limit 5 mph in all inlets, but low water makes the boat ramp unusable.
NEARBY LOCATIONS:
Campgrounds
- Alpine Meadow Campground
- Boca Campground
- Boca Rest Campground
- Boca Spring Campground
- Boyington Mill Campground
- Davies Creek
- Dog Valley Dispersed Campground
- Donner Memorial State Park Campground
- Emigrant Group Campground
- Lakeside Campground
- Logger Campground
- Prosser Campground
- Prosser Group Campground
