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Tahoe City Area
Businesses and Boating Destinations in this Area
The listings below include all types of businesses and boating destinations in the Tahoe City area. To see a list for a single category spanning the entire lake, click on a link to the right. To select a different region, go to the home page and click on a region of the chart.
Boatworks Shopping Mall
Lots of shops for the tourist, 1/2 block north-east of the marina.
Boat Access: Tahoe City Marina
760 North Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-1488
Website: http://www.boatworksmall.com/
Bookshelf
Books, cards.
Boat Access: Tahoe City Marina; off parking lot above Lakehouse
760 North Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 581-1900 or (800) 959-5083
Email: bookshelf.truckee@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.bookshelfstores.com/
Christy Hill
California cuisine, excellent food in a fairly formal setting; a short walk from Tahoe City marina.
Boat Access: Tahoe City Marina; off parking lot above Lakehouse
115 Grove
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-8551
Website: http://www.christyhill.com/lake-view-dining
Fanny Bridge
Must see!, not for the fannys, but for a glimpse of the biggest rainbow trout you could ever hope to see, feeding beneath the bridge.
Boat Access: Tahoe City Marina; modest walk to center of town
Highway 89
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Gatekeepers Log Cabin Museum
Interesting look at the history of Lake Tahoe (and its boats), right around the corner from Fanny Bridge.
An eclectic collection of Tahoe history, including photographic collections, oral histories and transcription, newspapers, court ledgers, maps and written materials, letters, clothing, artifacts and furniture.
Boat Access: Tahoe City Marina; modest walk past center of town and just south on 89
130 West Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-1762
Fax: (530) 583-8992
Email: info@northtahoemuseums.org
Website: http://www.northtahoemuseums.org/gatekeeper.aspx
Grazie!
Italian, mediterranean, and California cuisine, bar; below yacht club at the water's edge. In large building to left of marina; Tahoe Yacht Club is upstairs.
Boat Access: Tahoe City Marina; patio adjacent to guest dock
700 North Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-0233
High Mountain Fly-Fishing
Guided fishing, casting instruction, Orvis outfitted.
Phone: (530) 581-3819
Jake's On the Lake
Large restaurant, heated outdoor patio right on the lake, in Boatworks mall.
Boat Access: Tahoe City Marina
760 North Lake Blvd
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-0188
Fax: (530) 583-0203
Email: info@jakestahoe.com
Website: http://www.jakestahoe.com/
Lake Forest Boat Ramp
No fee to launch, $10 parking, right next to Coast Guard station.
2500 Lake Forest Rd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-5544
Lake Forest Campground
Next to launch ramp and Coast Guard station.
2500 Lake Forest Rd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-3796
Lake Tahoe Commodore Seaplanes
deHavillan Beaver floatplane; the only way to get a true birdseye view of the lake. Based out of San Francisco, the plane is at the lake only a few days a week.
5146 North Lake Blvd.
Carnelian Bay, CA 96140
Phone: (530) 546-4444 or (800) 877-1462
Website: http://www.mickeysbigmack.com/lake-tahoe-fishing
Lakehouse Pizza, Eggschange
Pizza, pasta, sandwiches, salads, bar, breakfasts, occasional live music; small pier, can tie-up while dining; immediately west of marina.
Boat Access: Tahoe City Marina; or Lakehouse pier, if there is room (small and shallow)
120 Grove
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-2222
Lighthouse Shopping Center
Lots of shops for the tourist, Safeway, U.S. Post Office, restaurant, laundromat, coffee shop, ice cream, 2 blocks north of the marina.
Boat Access: Tahoe City Marina
850 North Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-3471
Mandarin Villa
Szechuan and Mandarin, no msg, to go or eat there; above Lakehouse pizza.
Boat Access: Tahoe City Marina
120 Grove
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-1188
McDonald's
Fast food.
Boat Access: Tahoe City Marina
952 North Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-2050
North Tahoe Cruises Tahoe Gal
Paddlewheel cruiser, daily Emerald Bay and scenic cruises; at Lighthouse Marina. North Tahoe Cruises was established in 1977, as the first cruise line on the North Shore. The Tahoe Gal was built in LaCross, Wisconsin, by Skipperliner. She was shipped to us in three separate pieces, via eighteen wheeler, to Lake Tahoe.
952 N. Lake Blvd. (Lighthouse Mall)
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-0141 or (800) 218-2464
Website: http://www.tahoegal.com/
Orvis
Famous name in fly fishing.
Boat Access: Tahoe City Marina; short walk, across North Lake Blvd.
521 North Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 581-4278
Placer County Sheriff's Department
Jurisdiction: California side, land and water.
2501 North Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 581-6300
Website: http://www.placer.ca.gov/Departments/Sheriff.aspx
Reel Magic Sportfishing
Reel Magic, a 26 ft. Sea Ray flybridge cabin cruiser; "no fish-no pay".
700 North Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 587-6027
Skylandia Park
South of Lake Forest development; public pier, picnic facilities, small beach.
Skylandia Park is a 24-acre California State Park operated and maintained by the TCPUD. It is located 1.5 miles east of Tahoe City on Lake Forest Road. Skylandia Park provides bike trails, hiking trails, and picnicking. The park also features a beach, pier and swimming area.
Boat Access: Tie up at pier, anchor and dinghy in, or beach boat
Lake Forest Rd at end of Bristlecone
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-3796
Website: http://www.tahoecitypud.com/parksrec/parks.shtml#8
Sunnyside Restaurant and Lodge
Guest docks for restaurant customers, moorings, water taxi, good restaurant, hotel. When approaching from a distance, look for the bright umbrellas on the deck (at center of photo). On the West Shore of Lake Tahoe,
two miles south of Tahoe City.
1850 West Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-7200 or (800) 822-2754
Fax: (530) 583-7224
Website: http://www.sunnysideresort.com
Swigard's True Value Hardware
Well stocked hardware store with a fair selection of marine and fishing supplies.
Boat Access: Tahoe City Marina; modest walk, up to North Lake Blvd. and then West
200 North Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-3738
Tahoe City Marina
Full service, right in the middle of town, easy access on foot to supermarkets, shops, restaurants, services; free mooring, or tie-up to public dock; travelift.
Boat Access: A few guest spots at base of fuel dock and along waterfront; or pick up a guest mooring and dinghy in or call Marina for pick-up
700 North Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-1039
Email: info@tahoecitymarina.com
Website: http://www.tahoecitymarina.com/home
Tahoe Park General Store
Liquor, beer & wine,deli, groceries.
Hours:
Mon-Sat 7:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Sun 7:30 a.m. - 7 p.m.
1778 West Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-4279
Tahoe Water Adventures
Jet ski rentals, at Lakehouse Pizza.
120 Grove
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-3225
Email: info@surftahoe.com
Website: http://www.surftahoe.com
Tahoe Yacht Club
Bar and lounge open to members, overlooking marina. Yacht Club is the second floor of large building just to left of marina, above Grazie!
Boat Access: Tahoe City Marina; right above guest dock
700 North Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 581-4700
Thunderbird
Lake Tahoe's signature boat. Ownership of the yacht was recently transferred to Foundation 36, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting Nevada's natural, cultural, and historic treasures. The yacht will now remain berthed in its original boathouse at the Thunderbird Lodge and can be viewed during tours of the Thunderbird estate.
969 Tahoe Boulevard
Incline Village, NV 89451
United States Coast Guard
Search and rescue.
2500 Lake Forest Rd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (530) 583-4433 ext. 116
Fax: (530) 583-8438
Email: uscgaframes@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.uscg.mil/d11/staLakeTahoe/
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
Coordinates with Coast Guard on courtesy safety inspections, search and rescue, and boater education courses.
2500 Lake Forest Rd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Phone: (775) 852-5557
Fax: (775) 852-4058
Email: resummers@juno.com