Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Blue Brook Tent Site
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NH · 44.28078, -71.05720
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Blue Brook Tent Site · White Mountain National Forest · NH
No MVUM road within 1 mi of the pin; 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 Blue Brook Tent Site
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,768 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Blue Brook Tent SiteNIFC · 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 Blue Brook Tent Site · White Mountain National Forest · NH
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater2 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- ShShower12 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- OOutfitter14 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- AAir-up25 mi
- PPropane27 mi
- DDump32 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Blue Brook Tent Site
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
1,768 ft
Ground slope
22.7% · steep
Nearest rail line
~7.4 mi · main line
State
NH
Coordinates
44.28078, -71.05720
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Blue Brook Tent Site · White Mountain National Forest · NH (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBlue Brook · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townGorham · ~10.5 mi
- Nearest rail line~7.4 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~1.8 mi
- FuelFuel · ~8.5 mi
- Propane / LPGCN Brown Energy · ~27.1 mi
- GroceriesCumberland Farms · ~9.4 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~18.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicCoös County Family Health · ~10.2 mi
- HardwareGorham Hardware · ~9.5 mi
EV charging — from Blue Brook Tent Site · White Mountain National Forest · NH — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.4 mi straight-line NW — ECODRIVE BCAG 3, Gorham, NH · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach5 within 25 mi · 43 within 50 · 205 within 100 · 657 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)16.3 mi — Bethel, ME - Tesla Supercharger, Bethel
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)8.3 mi — Mount Washington Auto Road, Greens Grant, NH (at a convenience store) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-07-03 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — The Glen House, Gorham, 8.3 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 372081 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Blue Brook Tent Site · White Mountain National Forest · NH — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomWild River · ~1.7 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWild River / Basin North · ~1.8 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBasin · ~1.9 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCold River · ~2.4 mi SE · USFS
Coming out here — Blue Brook Tent Site · White Mountain National Forest · NH
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Blue Brook as a perennial stream, 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 22.7% — 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 ~7.4 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. 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 Blue Brook Tent Site elsewhere
Other camps near Blue Brook Tent Site
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Wild River~1.7 mi · fee
- Basin~1.9 mi · fee
- Cold River~2.4 mi · fee
- Spruce Brook Tent Site~2.5 mi
The unit that manages Blue Brook Tent Site
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Blue Brook Tent Site are set by White Mountain National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Blue Brook Tent Site
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Blue Brook Tent Site
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.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 — Blue Brook Tent Site
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dumping grey & black →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →