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Hexacuba Shelter
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NH · 43.87634, -72.02688
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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 Hexacuba Shelter
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,230 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Hexacuba 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 Hexacuba Shelter · White Mountain National Forest · NH
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- LLaundry7 mi
- +Urgent care8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- RxPharmacy9 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- WWater17 mi
- AAir-up18 mi
- OOutfitter19 mi
- DDump27 mi
- ShShower30 mi
- PPropane35 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Hexacuba Shelter
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,230 ft
State
NH
Coordinates
43.87634, -72.02688
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Hexacuba Shelter · White Mountain National Forest · NH (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureNorth Branch Jacobs Brook (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townQuinttown · ~1.6 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelAppleknockers · ~7.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~26.6 mi
- GroceriesWing's Market and Deli · ~6.4 mi
- PharmacyKinney Drugs · ~8.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicAmmonoosuc Community Health Services · ~7.5 mi
- HardwareFoggs Building Supplies · ~6.4 mi
EV charging — from Hexacuba Shelter · White Mountain National Forest · NH — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.9 mi straight-line NW — Hannaford Bradford · VIALYNK · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach19 within 25 mi · 63 within 50 · 340 within 100 · 939 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)18.0 mi — Dan & Whit's General Store, Norwich
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)8.9 mi — Hannaford Bradford · 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 334495 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Hexacuba Shelter · White Mountain National Forest · NH — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomHexacuba Shelter · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomDOC Smarts Mtn Fire Warden's Cabin Privy 1 · ~3.6 mi S · NPS
- RestroomDOC Ore Hill Campsite Privy · ~4.7 mi NE · NPS
- RestroomDOC Trapper John Shelter Privy · ~7.7 mi SW · NPS
Open Hexacuba Shelter elsewhere
Other camps near Hexacuba Shelter
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Ore Hill Tentsite~4.7 mi
- Trapper John Shelter~7.7 mi
- Three Ponds Shelter~10.4 mi
- Jeffers Brook Shelter~10.8 mi
The unit that manages Hexacuba Shelter
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Hexacuba Shelter are set by White Mountain National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Hexacuba 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 Hexacuba 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 — Hexacuba Shelter
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Cold-weather camping →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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