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Fourth Iron Backcountry Site
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NH · 44.08507, -71.34603
We haven't personally camped here. Everything below is pulled from public land data, USGS maps and OpenStreetMap — a real place on U.S. Forest Service land, but not field-checked by us. Confirm road conditions, current access, stay limits and fire restrictions before you go.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 844 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · 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 camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail3 mi
- ShShower4 mi
- LLaundry5 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- WWater8 mi
- MMechanic9 mi
- OOutfitter10 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- RxPharmacy12 mi
- DDump18 mi
- +Urgent care23 mi
- AAir-up40 mi
- PPropane42 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, 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). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
844 ft
State
NH
Coordinates
44.08507, -71.34603
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureHalfway Brook (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townSawyers River · ~0.4 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.4 mi
- FuelPatch's Deli and Market · ~8.2 mi
- Propane / LPGSuburban Propane · ~25.0 mi
- Dump stationDump station · ~18.5 mi
- GroceriesPatch's Deli and Market · ~8.2 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~12.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicMemorial Hospital · ~10.5 mi
- HardwareAubuchon Hardware · ~16.2 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletFourth Iron Backcountry Site · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomSawyer River Road Snowmobile · ~0.3 mi W · USFS
- RestroomMt. Tremont · ~0.8 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSawyer Rock · ~1.1 mi SE · USFS
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Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Sawyer Pond Shelter & Tent Platforms~3.0 mi
- Mt Langdon Camping Area~3.8 mi
- Rocky Branch Shelter #1~5.6 mi
- bis 15.10. , kein Strom aber beliebt, der Passaconaway CG ist public mit 33 Stellplätzen, eher ruhig für kleiner Womos~6.2 mi
The unit that manages this camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this
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
Field check
Not verified on the ground. Nobody from here has camped it. It stays at Likely until someone does.
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres 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
Before you go
Your first dispersed night →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →Power off-grid →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →