USDA Forest Service · California
Ten Mile Campground (Ca)
USDA Forest Service · California, United States · in Giant Sequoia National Monument
- Sites
- 11
- Hookups
- 2 with water, 10 no hookups
- Season
- May 28 to September 25
- Max RV length
- 40 ft
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 5,833 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile none · AT&T none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Access road
- TENMILE (NFSR 13S09) · bituminous surface treatment · high degree of user comfort
- Lake
- Sequoia National Forest
- Address
- 36.75456733868434, -118.89118257153768
- Activities
- Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Hunting, Swimming, Wildlife Viewing
11 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Overview
Ten Mile Campground is a primitive campground located 5 miles from Hume Lake on Tenmile Road. A stream runs through the campground.
Nearby Hume Lake is one of Sequoia National Forest's most visited destinations. The area offers year-round recreational opportunities, including fishing, canoeing, hiking, biking, snowmobiling, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.
Recreation
Nearby Hume Lake is a year-round recreation destination. During warmer months, visitors can enjoy fishing, non-motorized boating, hiking and mountain biking.
During the winter, the area is popular for snowshoeing, cross country skiing and snowmobiling.
Facilities
The campground offers single and double-family campsites, picnic tables, campfire rings and bearlockers are provided, as are vault toilets.
Natural Features
The campground is adjacent to Ten Mile Creek, a creek popular with anglers and hunters and dwarfed by towering Sequoia and Ponderosa pines at an elevation of 5,294 feet.
Sequoia National Forest is located at the southern end of the Sierra Nevada in central California and named for the giant sequoia, the world's largest tree, which grows in more than 30 groves on the forest's lower slopes.
The forest comprises about 1.1 million acres. Elevations range from about 1,000 to 12,000 feet, creating precipitous canyons and mountain streams with spectacular waterfalls such as Grizzly Falls.
Contact Info
For facility specific information, please call (661) 702-1420.
Nearby Attractions
Bearskin Grove offers the rare opportunity to photograph an entire mature sequoia in one frame. Hiking through the grove, visitors will find a mix of young and old sequoias, including about 50 trees that measure over six feet in diameter. Take Tenmile Road (Forest Road 13S09) to Forest Road 13S02, then 13S98 to enter the grove.
Places like Hume Lake, Boyden Cavern, and Princess Meadow are nearby summer recreation opportunities.
Visitors enjoy making day trips to nearby Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks and Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 28° | 10° | 62° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 43° | 26° | 8° | 61° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 45° | 27° | 8° | 73° | 10 of 11 |
| April | 51° | 32° | 18° | 66° | 10 of 11 |
| May | 62° | 40° | 19° | 73° | 3 of 11 |
| June | 74° | 50° | 34° | 87° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 82° | 58° | 48° | 91° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 80° | 56° | 50° | 88° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 74° | 51° | 39° | 83° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 66° | 41° | 22° | 78° | 2 of 10 |
| November | 56° | 36° | 14° | 69° | 6 of 10 |
| December | 47° | 30° | 9° | 63° | 9 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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- Aspen Hollow Group (Sequoia National Forest, CA) · USDA Forest Service · 2 mi · 1 sites
- Hume Lake · USDA Forest Service · 3 mi · 71 sites
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