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Douglas Trail Shelter
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · VT · 43.14436, -72.99151
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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 Douglas Trail Shelter
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,183 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Douglas Trail 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 Douglas Trail Shelter · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- HHardware3 mi
- @Mail3 mi
- FFuel3 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- MMechanic4 mi
- LLaundry4 mi
- OOutfitter4 mi
- EVEV fast charger4 mi
- +Urgent care4 mi
- RxPharmacy4 mi
- AAir-up4 mi
- DDump9 mi
- ShShower10 mi
- WWater11 mi
- PPropane46 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 3 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 — Douglas Trail Shelter
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,183 ft
State
VT
Coordinates
43.14436, -72.99151
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Douglas Trail Shelter · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLittle Mud Pond (water) · nearby
- Nearest townManchester Depot · ~3.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelShell · ~3.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~9.3 mi
- GroceriesPrice Chopper · ~3.7 mi
- PharmacyGreen Mountain Pharmacy · ~10.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicMountain Medical at Mount Snow · ~13.3 mi
- HardwareLondonderry Hardware · ~10.6 mi
EV charging — from Douglas Trail Shelter · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger3.9 mi straight-line NW — Manchester Elementary School · EVGATEWAY · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach11 within 25 mi · 97 within 50 · 559 within 100 · 1227 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)5.9 mi — Winhall / Stratton Resort - Cellerate Power, Winhall
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO9.4 mi — Green Mountain Power Sunderland, Sunderland
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)4.0 mi — Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, VT · Blink Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- 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 376458 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Douglas Trail Shelter · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomDouglas Trail Shelter · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomSpruce Peak Shelter · ~2.4 mi N · USFS
- RestroomGMC Spruce Peak Shelter Privy · ~2.4 mi N · NPS
- RestroomStratton View Shelter & Tent Area · ~2.8 mi S · USFS
Open Douglas Trail Shelter elsewhere
Other camps near Douglas Trail Shelter
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Spruce Peak Shelter~2.4 mi
- Stratton View Shelter & Tent Area~2.8 mi
- Bourn Pond~2.9 mi
- Stratton Pond Shelter & Tent Area~3.3 mi
The unit that manages Douglas Trail Shelter
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Douglas Trail Shelter are set by Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Douglas Trail 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 Douglas Trail 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 — Douglas Trail Shelter
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
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