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Coppermine Shelter
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NH · 44.16027, -71.72432
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Coppermine Shelter
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,151 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Coppermine ShelterNIFC · 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 Coppermine Shelter · White Mountain National Forest · NH
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump2 mi
- GGrocery2 mi
- WWater3 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- HHardware5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- MMechanic5 mi
- OOutfitter6 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- RxPharmacy9 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- ShShower23 mi
- AAir-up42 mi
- PPropane58 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 2 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 — Coppermine Shelter
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,151 ft
State
NH
Coordinates
44.16027, -71.72432
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Coppermine Shelter · White Mountain National Forest · NH (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCoppermine Brook (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townMittersill · ~1.4 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~3.2 mi
- FuelPresby Fuel · ~4.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~1.9 mi
- GroceriesTramway Country Store · ~1.9 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~8.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicLincoln Urgent Care · ~8.7 mi
- HardwareFranconia Hardware Store · ~4.8 mi
EV charging — from Coppermine Shelter · White Mountain National Forest · NH — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.6 mi straight-line S — Lincoln, NH - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 10 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach16 within 25 mi · 49 within 50 · 275 within 100 · 808 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS10.4 mi — Littleton Chevrolet, Littleton
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO22.9 mi — Town of St. Johnsbury, Saint Johnsbury
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)8.5 mi — SWTCH Energy Inc., Lincoln, NH (at a parking lot) · SWTCH · J1772 · 3 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, no confirmation date on the record · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Sugar Hill Inn, a Select Registry Property - Tesla Destination, Sugar Hill, 5.3 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
Level 2, restricted access — Indian Head Resort, Lincoln, 5.6 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 102287 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Coppermine Shelter · White Mountain National Forest · NH — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomKinsman Pond · ~1.6 mi S · USFS
- RestroomAMC Kinsman Pond Shelter Privy · ~1.7 mi S · NPS
- RestroomCoppermine · ~2.1 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomSkookumchuck Parking · ~3.8 mi NE · USFS
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Other camps near Coppermine Shelter
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Kinsman Pond~1.6 mi · fee
- Lafayette Place Campground (Franconia Notch State Park)~2.3 mi · fee
- Eliza Brook Shelter~4.2 mi
- Liberty Springs~4.8 mi · fee
The unit that manages Coppermine Shelter
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Coppermine Shelter are set by White Mountain National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Coppermine Shelter
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Coppermine Shelter
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 — Coppermine Shelter
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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