Camping suggestions Mt. Lemmon

Just looking for local beta for camping around there. Just need space for two cars, free is ideal but paid will suffice. Thanks y’all!

There are several campgrounds as you drive up Mt Lemmon Hwy

For paid campgrounds, I like General Hitchcock campground the best.  It's shady, next to a stream (or dry streambed depending on time of year), has lots of trees and cool rocks to look at/boulder on.  

For free camping, there is primitive car camping off Mount Bigelow road and a few spots off Incinerator Ridge road.  If the gate is open for the road up above the ski area, there are some walk-in primitive spots in a patch of trees on the inside of a gentle hairpin turn, just across the street from a dirt parking lot with a bunch of ski lift equipment (would be a good basecamp if you are doing a bunch of days in a row at the summit crags)

Also, if you do stay at a paid campground, foraging for firewood is not easy; the areas are pretty picked over.  But if you drive 2 minutes away from the campgrounds there is plentiful wood to be found you can load in your car.

Hi,

I had offered to pay someone's camp fees for the weekend if you would share the spot with us.  We are a family of 3 with a pop-up camper and probably won't be around camp much as we have family down in the city.  I'd like to get a spot at Gordon/Hiribashi (spelling?) the weekend of the 20th.  We will roll in at 8ish.  If you could get the spot for us by Friday the 19th. I'll reimburse you or bring a sixer and pay the rest of the weekend nights.  I  can probably afford (it's 10 bucks per night) to pay your Thursday night too if you show up on the 18th  Thanks!
Steve