# RV & Camping

Source page: https://carsonriverresorts.com/rv-camping

Markleeville, California · Two ways to park or pitch · Big-rig friendly

Two different ways to stay on wheels or under canvas: fifteen RV spaces up top with full hookups, and eleven numbered sites on the East Fork — no hookups down there, tents and RVs both welcome.

This is a working fishing resort that takes rigs and tents, rather than a
parking lot with hookups. The stocked family water is out front, the wild
canyon below Hangman's Bridge is a mile downstream, and the store at the
gate carries fishing gear, firewood, propane and ice. Beside the store,
[the pavilion](/pavilion) — long tables under the pines, grills and a
fish-cleaning station on its covered patio — is open to everyone on the
property. The people at the
counter can usually tell you where the fish truck stopped this week; if
you'd rather not ask, the alert list on the [fishing page](/fish) will
email you when the state posts a plant.

In the fall the RV row is inside deer Zone X-8. [The deer season page](/deer-season)
has the 2026 dates, the zone as the regulation draws it, and where to have a
deer countersigned in Markleeville.

The two areas are genuinely different, and it is worth picking on purpose.
The fifteen spaces up top have full hookups — 20/30/50-amp power, water
and sewer — take big rigs, and sit near the restroom building, whose
showers are free and need no key. The eleven riverside sites sit right on the
East Fork with no hookups at all; tents and self-contained RVs are both
welcome down there, everyone on the river pays the same rate, and the
water is close enough to hear all night. Site 4 comes with its own
conversation piece: the ridge straight across the water is the one from
[the sasquatch videos](/sasquatch).

A few things worth knowing before you point the rig up Highway 89. The
resort is at about 5,530 feet, two and a half miles south of Markleeville,
and it is the last store and services before Monitor Pass — nights run
cold here even in midsummer. There is free Wi-Fi and no cell reception at
all: no carrier gets a signal on this ground, so download your maps and
directions before you leave the valley. Sites turn over at noon, in and
out. The dump station is $25 a dump, water fill-ups run on donations, and
firewood is $12 a bag at the counter.

Rates and this month's open riverside sites are on
[the booking page](/book?cabin=camping); requests for a hookup space up
top go through the same form, and we confirm the slot with you by phone.
Or call (530) 694-2229 — the phone handles everything, monthly
arrangements included.

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Carson River Resort · 12399 Highway 89, Markleeville, CA 96120 · (530) 694-2229 · store open 8am to 6pm, every day.
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