Sugar Pine Reservoir, Reservoir in Placer County, California, US

Sugar Pine Reservoir is a large lake in California with clear water and campgrounds along the shoreline. The site includes a boat ramp, swimming area, picnic spots, and a paved trail around the water that serves hikers and non-motorized visitors.

Sugar Pine Reservoir was formed in 1982 when Sugar Pine Dam was built across North Shirttail Creek, a tributary of the North Fork American River, as part of the Auburn-Folsom South Unit of the Central Valley Project. It was meant to work with the never-completed Auburn Dam and was never integrated into project operations. In 2003 the Foresthill community bought the reservoir, dam and conveyance system from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for $3.1 million.

Recreation at the reservoir is run by the Tahoe National Forest under an agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; the four-area complex opened in May 1985 and is operated by L&L Inc. under a concession contract with the Forest Service. Outdoor writer Tom Stienstra described the trout fishing as "decent".

The reservoir lies about 7 miles (11 km) north of Foresthill, reached by road from that town. Recreation is managed by the Tahoe National Forest under an agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and the facilities are run by a concessionaire, L&L Inc. Four separate recreation areas ring the lake, so visitors can choose between the campgrounds, the swimming beach and the boat ramp.

Sugar Pine Dam was built as part of the Auburn-Folsom South Unit of the Central Valley Project, yet it was never integrated into project operations because it was meant to work with the never-completed Auburn Dam. In 2003 the Foresthill community bought the reservoir, dam and conveyance system from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for $3.1 million.