Spencer Canyon Campground

We stayed early October on a Monday night. Campground was clean and well laid out however I can imagine it feeling a bit crowded when full. Roads had recent erosion and may not be currently suitable for many cars. High clearance will have no issues.

We loved our stay at Spencer Canyon Campground! We stayed on a Wednesday through Monday in the cool pines and hated to come back down to the desert. The camp hosts were friendly and helpful. They cleaned the toilets daily (twice on the weekend!): these were the cleanest, best-smelling pit-toilets I have EVER experienced!

The road in is a bit rough (unpaved dirt), but our low-clearance camper van handled it slowly. Finding a level spot is also a challenge, but not unexpected for the area.

This is a beautiful campground. I went up on a Monday in September, actually just a couple of days ago. Campground was deserted. I’m pulling a 17 foot Casita behind my truck and there were some large crevasses in the road from the monsoon rains I guess. It’s probably me, but I couldn’t quite figure out whether I just should pull my rig into one of the turnouts and camp or whether I was occupying several campsite’s parking spaces. So I just pulled in and hoped for the best. I saw no camp host or anybody else so I couldn’t really confirm my parking was OK and I was a little concerned that I would be accosted during the night For not parking correctly. I was in space number 19 which was lovely but it appeared as though I was taking up the parking for space 18, 19 and 20. I’m not quite sure how it worked but since it was so deserted it worked fine for me. It was beautiful. There is water at the vault bathrooms but no water or electrical hook ups. Hopefully some of the large ravines in the dirt road will be mended soon although my truck and trailer managed them. Really awesome spot I think for tent camping.

The best thing about my stay at Spencer Canyon Campground was the camp hosts, Mark and his wife. They kept the place very clean and were always friendly. Having clean smelling bathrooms was a great surprise while camping. As others have said, some of the sites are very close together but some allow for more space. The views from the higher number sites, 45+ are amazing as you overlook Tucson. From most of the sites it is a little walk to get to where you can park but a few are closer. I had a relaxing and restful stay.