Kings Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Placer County, California, United States, on the north shore of Lake Tahoe.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.8 km2), all of it land.

[4] Kings Beach sits on the north shore of Lake Tahoe.

The racial makeup of Kings Beach was 1,899 White, 1,699 Hispanic or Latino, 5 African American, 27 Native American, 68 Asian, 10 Pacific Islander, 804 from other races, and 750 from two or more races.

The historic Stateline fire lookout and Crystal Bay scenic overlook are in Kings Beach on the hill above downtown, close to the California–Nevada state line, accessible by an easy hiking trail from Crystal Bay, Nevada.

In November, 2009, historically endemic California Golden beavers were caught in snares underwater and exterminated in Griff Creek, a stream in Kings Beach, when the Placer County Department of Public Works ordered their removal for fear that the beaver would cause flooding.

[9] Although beavers are an invasive species to the area, recent studies of two other Lake Tahoe tributaries, Taylor Creek and Ward Creek, showed that beaver dam removal decreased wetland habitat, increased stream flow, and increased total phosphorus pollutants entering Lake Tahoe – all factors that negatively impact the clarity of the lake's water (United States Geological Survey 2002).

[10] Beavers develop wetland areas which trap sediments and improve water quality.

In fact, in October 2010 Placer County officials again exterminated beavers at King's Beach only to have schoolchildren protest and suggest more contemporary management solutions.

[12] The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency stated that "removing beavers is not uncommon at Lake Tahoe" but "the county could have 'easily' removed the beaver dam in a more conscientious manner, thus preventing sediment naturally filtered by the dam from reaching Lake Tahoe.

"[13] Cheryl Millham, executive director of Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, argued that the culverts on Griff Creek could easily be protected from damming with fencing and that "municipalities all over the United States have learned to peacefully co-exist with these animals."

Depredation is likely a temporary solution as the county has had to kill beaver families two years in a row and Peter Kraatz, deputy director of the Placer County Department of Public Works, conceded that the area is "perfect habitat for beavers".