Sugar Pine Point State Park / Hellman-Ehrman Mansion

"Fun with the Family"

This is a place to spend a whole day, tour a vintage mansion, walk in the woods, swim and sunbathe, and picnic and play at the lakeside. One of the grande dames of Tahoe, a spectacular three-story, 12,000-square-foot Queen Anne–style summer home, the Ehrman Mansion, once a privately owned estate, is now owned by the National Park Service. The mansion is surrounded by sweeping lawns shaded by tall pines.
Rangers give daily free tours of the house and the charming boathouse, while they impart stories of halcyon old days on the lake. Even little kids enjoy the tour because the house is full of interesting stuff and you clamber up wooden staircases, looking into family bedrooms. After the tour wander around the grounds, spread a blanket on the beach, or take a walk on flat, easy trails along the lakeshore. Stop in at the Nature Center to see wildlife, flora, and ecology displays. A longer hike is accessible from the large campground across the road.
In the wintertime, rangers lead free ski, skating, winter survival skills, avalanche awareness, and Animals in Winter seminars. From here, you can cross-country ski or snowshoe on 14 kilometers of marked and skier-tamped trails.