California's Best Camping
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Directions to South Lake Tahoe
The best approach to South Lake Tahoe is via Highway 50, either coming from Sacramento or Carson City, NV. If coming from the Truckee area, the best route is south to Tahoe City and down the west side of the lake to South Lake Tahoe. It's a slow drive, however.
An alternate route to South Lake Tahoe is to use Highway 88 either from California or Nevada and then at Hope Valley cross over to South Lake Tahoe on Highway 89.