Kokanee Salmon Festival at Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe's Taylor Creek Visitor Center is the site of the annual Kokanee Salmon Festival. Both days of this free family event, October 1 and 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., are full of activities to help you learn about the Lake Tahoe environment and have fun doing it.

Kids watch the fish in Taylor Creek during the Kokanee Salmon Festival at Lake Tahoe.
Photo © Stan White

Sammy Salmon, the festival mascot, will be there to greet the kids. You'll be able to learn about Taylor Creek from naturalists, visit informational booths, walk along the creek to observe the salmon, and visit the stream profile chamber to see the underwater environment of Taylor Creek. At the Lake of the Sky Amphitheater, enjoy a performance of The Drama of the Kokanee Salmon - An Interactive Play. On Sunday, get some exercise by joining in the Kokanee Trail Runs. For more information and to register for the runs, call (530) 577-0700.

The Taylor Creek Visitor Center is three miles north of the town of South Lake Tahoe on Hwy. 89 (locally known as Emerald Bay Road). It is a right turn (toward the lake), just past the Tallac Historic Site turnoff. The Taylor Creek Visitor Center information phone is (530) 543-2674.

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