Lake Tahoe
Kings Beach State Recreation Area
Public state recreation area
Not determined here; check California and Tahoe monitoring sources
Yes. Kings Beach is a public California State Parks swimming area. Parking is paid year-round. The manager does not publish routine lifeguard coverage on the access page.
Plan the access
- Access status
- Public swimming area listed by California State Parks
- Who can use it
- Public state recreation area
- Manager
- California Department of Parks and Recreation
- Published hours
- Park open sunrise to sunset; parking lot 6:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.; a 2025 superintendent order closes all facilities, beaches and trails 9:00 p.m. to sunrise
- Published fees
- $3 hourly or $10 per vehicle per day, as published when checked
- Reservation
- No ordinary day-use reservation requirement stated
- Lifeguards
- Not stated on the manager page
- Parking
- Paid year-round; availability is not guaranteed
- Water conditions
- Not determined here; check California and Tahoe monitoring sources
Confirm before leaving
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Hours come from two official records
The park page lists the park as open sunrise to sunset and the parking lot as open 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. A 2025 superintendent order linked from the park page closes all facilities, roads, beaches and trails from 9:00 p.m. to sunrise. Posted gates and signs control on the day.
No inferred lifeguard promise
The park page does not publish a lifeguard schedule or routine public lifeguard coverage, so the listing remains unknown unless the park publishes one. A lifeguard job link on the page is not evidence of coverage.
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Access facts last checked against the linked manager on 2026-10-25. This date is not a water sample or a promise of present conditions.