Vets in South Lake Tahoe, CA
🚨 Emergency care3 vet clinics in South Lake Tahoe. Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
Alpine Animal Hospital
921 Emerald Bay Rd, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Hours: Mo-Sa 08:00-18:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Blue Lake Animal Care Center
1154 Emerald Bay Rd, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Sierra Veterinary Hospital
3095 Lake Tahoe Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in South Lake Tahoe
None of the 3 practices we list in South Lake Tahoe advertise emergency services — at 2am you are driving, so know where before you need to. Why most towns have no emergency hospital.
Nearest emergency hospitals outside South Lake Tahoe
- Animal Emergency & Specialty Center — Reno, ~40 miles away, roughly a 53 min drive, open 24h
- VCA Lakeside Animal Hospital — Reno, ~43 miles away, roughly a 51 min drive
- BluePearl Pet Hospital — Reno, ~44 miles away, roughly a 53 min drive, open 24h
- Tri County Wildlife Care — Martell, ~57 miles away, roughly a 1 hr 8 min drive, open 24h
Distances are straight-line from South Lake Tahoe; drive times are estimates, not live traffic.
For a suspected poisoning, ASPCA Animal Poison Control on (888) 426-4435 (24/7, consultation fee applies) can give you treatment advice immediately — often while you are still deciding whether to drive anywhere.
What vets in South Lake Tahoe say they offer
Grouped from what each practice states on its own website — we read 1 of the 3 listed here. A practice missing from a row hasn't said so on its site; that is not the same as not offering it, so call to check.
- Accepting new patients (1)
- Alpine Animal Hospital
- Orthopedic surgery (1)
- Alpine Animal Hospital
- Acupuncture (1)
- Alpine Animal Hospital
- End-of-life care & euthanasia (1)
- Alpine Animal Hospital
About this list
Ordering is objective — 24/7 first, then emergency services, then alphabetical — and no clinic can pay for placement. Across United States, an emergency exam typically runs $100–$250 and an overnight emergency $800–$3,000 — full cost breakdown · if you cannot pay.