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Addison County
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · Addison County, VT · 43.99972, -72.87652
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A grassy field with a large fire ring overlooking the mountains in National Forest. Four-wheel drive required to access due to mud. Enough room for a few vehicles. Some flat spots. Surrounded by woods. Several other similar campsites with fire rings nearby. Excellent ATT cell service. This is a popular camping spot on weekends. Limited privacy. Recommended.
A night on record
Dave slept here on 6 June 2019. No agency publishes a season for this site, so that night is the only season evidence we have — what the site was then, not a forecast for this year.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Addison County · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT
No MVUM road within a quarter mile of the pin; the nearest mapped segment is FR 50 (Patterson Brook), 0.3 mi away. Access may be a county road or unmapped.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Addison County
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,584 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Addison CountyNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Addison County · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- @Mail6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- OOutfitter8 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- MMechanic9 mi
- LLaundry10 mi
- ShShower10 mi
- WWater11 mi
- RxPharmacy12 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- +Urgent care15 mi
- AAir-up26 mi
- DDump27 mi
- PPropane57 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Addison County
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
1,584 ft
Ground slope
4.3% · gentle
Nearest rail line
~6.0 mi · main line
County
Addison County, VT
Coordinates
43.99972, -72.87652
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Addison County · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureClark Brook · ~0.2 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Also mapped (OSM)Alder Meadow Brook (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townGranville · ~1.8 mi
- Nearest rail line~6.0 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelIrving · ~9.3 mi
- Propane / LPGAmeriGas · ~28.4 mi
- Dump station~26.9 mi
- GroceriesRipton Country Store · ~8.2 mi
- PharmacyKinney Drugs · ~12.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicGifford Medical Center · ~12.0 mi
- HardwareFernandez Hardware · ~15.0 mi
From the field — what Dave saw, in person
Cell service
Had a signal
Getting there
High clearance / 4×4
Fire ring
Yes
Toilet on site
No
Tent friendly
Yes
Verdict
Recommended
EV charging — from Addison County · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.2 mi straight-line S — Green Mountain Power - Rochester · FLO · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach18 within 25 mi · 82 within 50 · 232 within 100 · 797 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)20.9 mi — Berlin, VT - Tesla Supercharger, Berlin
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.9 mi — TOWN OF WARREN TOWN PARKING · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — West Hill House Bed & Breakfast, Warren, 8.6 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for guest use only · AFDC lists it “Free”
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 302262 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Addison County · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomEmily Proctor Shelter & Tent Area · ~2.8 mi W · USFS
- RestroomSkyline Lodge & Tent Area · ~3.1 mi W · USFS
- RestroomCooley Glen Shelter · ~3.9 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomBoyce Shelter · ~4.2 mi SW · USFS
Coming out here — Addison County · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Clark Brook as a perennial stream, ~0.2 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 4.3% — gentle. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped ~6.0 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. The atlas also records Amtrak service on it. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in it.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Addison County elsewhere
Other camps near Addison County
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Emily Proctor Shelter & Tent Area~2.8 mi
- Skyline Lodge & Tent Area~3.1 mi
- Cooley Glen Shelter~3.9 mi
- Boyce Shelter~4.2 mi
The unit that manages Addison County
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Addison County are set by Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Addison County
Source
Dave's own travels
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
FIELD VERIFIED by Dave Lalande -- he has stood on this site. Coordinates are his own GPX track point, not a geocode. County and state confirmed against the FCC Census Block API (Addison County, VT). Everything under 'From the field' is a direct observation; nothing here is inferred from a land record.
A night on record
Dave's own GPS diary, 2017–2020: the date of the waypoint he saved here. The timestamp is UTC, so an entry saved in the evening carries the next morning's date. An observation of one night, never a forecast.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
Verified on the ground. Dave has stood on this one. He camped here on 6 June 2019. Conditions still change — confirm before you commit.
What we don’t know about Addison County
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- How many rigs actually fit
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Addison County
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →How to read this page →All field notes →