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Goddard Shelter
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · VT · 42.97402, -73.07271
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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 Goddard Shelter
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,556 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Goddard 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 Goddard Shelter · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump6 mi
- EVEV fast charger6 mi
- ShShower6 mi
- FFuel7 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- OOutfitter9 mi
- +Urgent care9 mi
- LLaundry13 mi
- AAir-up14 mi
- WWater18 mi
- PPropane55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 7 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 — Goddard Shelter
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,556 ft
State
VT
Coordinates
42.97402, -73.07271
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Goddard Shelter · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townSouth Shaftsbury · ~6.6 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~6.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~6.0 mi
- GroceriesBuck Stop · ~7.2 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~8.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicMountain Medical at Mount Snow · ~9.2 mi
- HardwareThe Home Depot · ~8.7 mi
EV charging — from Goddard Shelter · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger6.1 mi straight-line NW — Green Mountain Power Sunderland · VIALYNK · CHAdeMO, J1772 · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach9 within 25 mi · 149 within 50 · 586 within 100 · 1339 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS9.2 mi — Green Mountain Power - Bennington, Bennington
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)8.8 mi — Bennington, VT - North Street - Tesla Supercharger, Bennington
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)6.1 mi — Green Mountain Power Sunderland · VIALYNK · CHAdeMO, J1772 · 1 Level 2 port 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 388062 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Goddard Shelter · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomGoddard Shelter · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomKid Gore Shelter · ~3.1 mi NE · USFS
- RestroomGMC Kid Gore Shelter Privy · ~3.1 mi NE · NPS
- Vault / pit toiletSomerset Airfield · ~4.4 mi E · USFS
Open Goddard Shelter elsewhere
Other camps near Goddard Shelter
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Kid Gore Shelter~3.1 mi
- Somerset Airfield~4.4 mi · fee
- Melville Nauheim Shelter~6.1 mi
- Story Spring Shelter~6.1 mi
The unit that manages Goddard Shelter
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Goddard Shelter are set by Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Goddard 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 Goddard 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 — Goddard Shelter
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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