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Addison County
Drive-up · public land · Addison County, VT · 44.04077, -72.95308
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Ask about this camp →Dave's been here. A spot from Dave's own travels on public land — free to camp. Conditions still change, so confirm access, stay limits and fire rules before you go.
A small gravel parking area at the end of a rough forest road spur. Enough room for two or three vehicles. Some cell service. Next to a beautiful river with a loud flow. There are a few ground tent sites here that are exquisite. Not ideal for vehicle camping, but still rather nice. There is a pit toilet. Densely wooded with hiking trailheads. Recommended.
A night on record
Dave slept here on 5 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.
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 1,606 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
- GGrocery6 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- OOutfitter8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- RxPharmacy10 mi
- +Urgent care11 mi
- ShShower15 mi
- WWater15 mi
- DDump23 mi
- AAir-up30 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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
public land · dispersed
Elevation
1,606 ft
Ground slope
17.5% · steep
Nearest rail line
~9.7 mi · main line
County
Addison County, VT
Coordinates
44.04077, -72.95308
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Addison County · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureNew Haven River · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial river
- Also mapped (OSM)Blue Bank Brook (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townSouth Lincoln · ~2.3 mi
- Nearest rail line~9.7 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelThe Big Wheel · ~7.5 mi
- Propane / LPGAmeriGas · ~26.4 mi
- Dump station~22.9 mi
- GroceriesRipton Country Store · ~6.3 mi
- PharmacyMarble Works Pharmacy · ~10.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicPorter Express Care · ~11.1 mi
- HardwareFernandez Hardware · ~16.5 mi
From the field — what Dave saw, in person
Cell service
Had a signal
Getting there
Any vehicle managed it
Fire ring
No
Toilet on site
Yes
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 charger9.5 mi straight-line SW — GMP Middlebury · VIALYNK · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach19 within 25 mi · 80 within 50 · 225 within 100 · 760 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)16.9 mi — Vergennes, VT - Tesla Supercharger, Vergennes
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO11.0 mi — Green Mountain Power - Mill St Middlebury, Middlebury
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.0 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, 6.7 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 420722 · 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)
- RestroomCooley Glen/Emily Proctor Th · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomCooley Glen Shelter · ~2.0 mi E · USFS
- RestroomEmily Proctor Shelter & Tent Area · ~2.9 mi S · USFS
- RestroomSkyline Lodge & Tent Area · ~3.8 mi S · USFS
Coming out here — Addison County · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps New Haven River as a perennial river, under 0.1 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 17.5% — steep. 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 ~9.7 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.
- Cooley Glen Shelter~2.0 mi
- Emily Proctor Shelter & Tent Area~2.9 mi
- Sparks Landing Primitive Campsite~3.0 mi
- Skyline Lodge & Tent Area~3.8 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.
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 5 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 →Reading a forest MVUM →Cold-weather camping →Reading your camp page →All field notes →