Tenmile Road Camping Area

Absolutely beautiful forest area and it’s nice that it’s free, but it was so insanely packed towards the end of the week. GIANT groups of people would just come and set up right next to you and run all around your tent and through your site. There was used toilet paper all throughout the site and forest around which was disgusting. Nearly every group in the whole site was blasting movies and music until almost midnight every night and started again by 7:00 the next morning. Good things about the site was it was super close to the parks nearby and had some trash cans which was nice, but honestly it would be worth it to just pay the $20 a night to just have some peace and quiet at the official campsite down the road.

We spent three nights here, and as others have mentioned, it is less than a 1/2 mile from a reservation-only paid campground. We arrived in the wee hours after driving through the night, and there were no more than 5 spots with folks sleeping (it was 5am) and there was SO MUCH SPACE amongst the towering trees. We loved our site, it was easy to find and set up (we have a roof top tent), but we had three very distinct nights:

Night 1 (Thursday): maybe a dozen folks scattered, giving you plenty of space, and privacy--a few loud and rowdy people, but technically there are no quiet hours, so...

Night 2 (Friday): I could not believe it. The place was PACKED, and people were showing up all night. Maybe a bit naive here as it was our first time in the area, but there was absolutely zero courtesy going on. People yelling, kids running rampant, honking horns, generators going, music blasting from all corners. It's totally fine with me if people wanna party outdoors and do their thing, but this didn't stop until nearly 3am. Our family of four joked that we'd get our revenge in the morning since we're early, but I kid you not, it started right back up shortly after we were up and pouring coffee... at 5:15am there was a family of no fewer than 40 (FORTY) people yelling, honking horns, screaming for their kids, etc, etc, etc. It was the worst family camping night imaginable.

Night 3 (Saturday): Followed that awful night by one of the best family camping nights... one of my daughters mentioned a spot she and my wife saw down a clearance-needed road further into the area, so I checked it out. Despite not having 4 wheel drive on the Q5, we decided to navigate the road and sure enough, there were a few single areas an 1/8 mile or further in, and they were open. While we could hear the parties going on once in a while, it was a very peaceful place... if you're a family and not wanting to be surrounded by debauchery and the loudest place ever, this would be a good option.

Overall, great location and a clean place with plenty of spots to set up, but be cautious of spending the weekend there if you're wanting to relax.

We decided to explore Ten Mile Rd over Memorial Day Weekend. We started at Hume Lake and drove south along Ten Mile Rd. Approximately 1 mile past Logger Flat Group Campground there is a large dispersed camping area with a fire ring and plenty of space for up to 4 tents. We had Vanagon set up in the pull out and three tents in the clearing. Beautiful spot by the creek. Hume Lake is close by and Sandy Cove is a great spot for beach and swimming.

Drive straight past the *actual* ten mile campground and within a few hundred metres you will arrive at this lovely free campground. There’s only a handful of sites but they’re easy to access and spread out far from each other. There was a fair bit of toilet paper in the trees and shrubs surrounding the sites but it wasn’t enough to deter me from staying there - please take your rubbish out with you :/ no phone service.