Ten Mile Campground
3Heads up3 fires, nearest 6 mi
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $8From, per site
- Sites
- 5All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 5 notices
In the agency’s own words
Ten Mile Campground is located along the seasonal Ten Mile Creek with a short walk to the Sanpoil River across State Highway 21. The campground is 10 miles south of Republic, WA, lightly used, and is a perfect campground for travelers desiring a quick overnight rest or a week of exploring and relaxing in the wonderful backcountry of Ferry County. Campsites are tucked against wooded slopes, providing shade throughout the afternoon and evening. Beyond the campground are scenic mountains where hiking and mountain biking is popular. Fishing and waterplay in the Sanpoil River are favorite activities, and the Congressionally designated Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail passes through the campground and heads west along the Ten Mile Trail. Keep reading
Recreation
The Sanpoil River valley provides campers with opportunities for waterplay, fishing, mountain biking and hiking. Within ten miles, campers can enjoy fishing, swimming and non-motorized boating on Swan, Long, Ferry, and Fish Lakes. Long Lake is a fly fishing only lake. Canoeing, kayaking and paddle boarding are among the water sports most popular at these lakes. Ten Mile hiking/mountain biking trail (2.5 miles) can be accessed directly from the campground and is part of the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail (PNT). Thirteen Mile Trail (16.5 miles) is also part of the PNT and is located three miles south of the campground. Both trails climb up from the Sanpoil River through forested canyon slopes and offer spectacular spring and early summer wildflowers and numerous opportunities for wildlife viewing.
Facilities
Campsites within this 5-unit campground are pleasant with shade, tables, fire rings, and flat parking spurs with three of the camp units adjacent to seasonal 10 Mile Creek. 10 Mile trailhead is located within the campground and there is a day-use area with parking and picnic tables and access to the Sanpoil River across the street. The campground includes an accessible vault toilet. No potable water or garbage service is available. The campground has a single accessible vault outhouse.
Natural Features
Steep rocky ridges and slopes provide a beautiful backdrop while Larch and Douglas fir provide lots of shade throughout the day. Ten Mile Creek typically runs through the campground from April through July, going dry as summer progresses. The Sanpoil River, approximately 100 yards east of the campground, provides lots of opportunities for waterplay and fishing. Four lakes within ten miles of the campground provide opportunities for bird and wildlife watching, fishing, non-motorized watercraft, and swimming.
Nearby Attractions
Sanpoil River - water play and fishing - is across State Highway 21 from the Campground. 10 Mile Trail starts within the Campground, and 13 Mile Trail is located three miles south on State Highway 21. Swan, Long, Ferry, and Fish Lakes are located 10 miles northwest of the Campground and are popular for fishing, non-motorized watercraft, swimming and picnicking. The Stonerose Interpretive Center & Eocene Fossil Site is located 10 miles north on State Highway 21 within the City of Republic. Stonerose is a family-friendly museum and dig site where families can often take home their very own fossil. Numerous backpacking and mountain biking opportunities are available along the Kettle Crest, located 15 miles east of Republic, WA.
What the agency tells you
There is a 14-Day camping limit at this campground.
Pets must be on leash at all times.
A food storage order is in effect at this campground. Food must be inside a hard-sided vehicle, a locked bear resistant cooler, or hung from a tree when not in use.
Everything else this campground posts · 2
Rattlesnakes have been seen in this area. Please watch your pets and children.
All campsites within this campground are within 100-200 feet of State Highway 21. While a lesser used highway, visitors should expect road noise.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 5
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…The campground includes an accessible vault toilet. No potable water or garbage service is available.…”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…includes an accessible vault toilet. No potable water or garbage service is available. The campground has…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Creek
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Mountain biking
- Scenic drives
- Water access
- Fall color · reported 7 days ago, 31 km away
- Patchy color
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
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We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 13
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $8 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
5 sites
All 5 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 5 of the 5 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the phone number
Where it is
The agency publishes this point for 11 campgrounds; it’s likely a district office, not the campground. Use the agency’s own page for directions.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Marcus, WA
Typical weather
Typical October night 35°F, day 61°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 23°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Augusts are colder than the August line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Ten Mile Campground is in Washington’s 5th congressional district. Its representative, Michael Baumgartner (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →