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Monadnock State Park (HQ and Gilson Pond campgrounds)
Drive-up · New Hampshire Division of Parks & Recreation · NH · 42.84549, -72.08894
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USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Monadnock State Park (HQ and Gilson Pond campgrounds)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,382 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Monadnock State Park (HQ and Gilson Pond campgrounds)NIFC · 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 Monadnock State Park (HQ and Gilson Pond campgrounds) · New Hampshire Division of Parks & Recreation · NH
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- GGrocery0 mi
- LLaundry2 mi
- ShShower2 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- +Urgent care4 mi
- RxPharmacy4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- MMechanic4 mi
- AAir-up7 mi
- EVEV fast charger7 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- OOutfitter11 mi
- DDump13 mi
- PPropane31 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 0 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 — Monadnock State Park (HQ and Gilson Pond campgrounds)
Access
Drive-up
Land
New Hampshire Division of Parks & Recreation
Elevation
1,382 ft
Ground slope
12.3% · noticeable
State
NH
Coordinates
42.84549, -72.08894
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Monadnock State Park (HQ and Gilson Pond campgrounds) · New Hampshire Division of Parks & Recreation · NH (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureStony Brook · ~0.8 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Drinking waterWater · ~0.0 mi
- FuelVP Racing Fuels · ~3.9 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~31.0 mi
- Dump station~13.4 mi
- GroceriesMonadnock State Park Store · ~0.1 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~4.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicMonad Health Direct · ~3.9 mi
- HardwareHardware · ~7.9 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
EV charging — from Monadnock State Park (HQ and Gilson Pond campgrounds) · New Hampshire Division of Parks & Recreation · NH — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.0 mi straight-line E — GMG DCFC PETERBOROUGH #2 · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach19 within 25 mi · 193 within 50 · 856 within 100 · 1275 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)19.8 mi — East Templeton, MA - Tesla Supercharger, Templeton
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.1 mi — GMG DCFC PETERBOROUGH AC · ChargePoint 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 376123 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Monadnock State Park (HQ and Gilson Pond campgrounds) · New Hampshire Division of Parks & Recreation · NH — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaPutney North Weight Station · ~21.9 mi NW
- Highway rest areaPutney South Weight Station · ~22.0 mi NW
- Highway rest areaPutney North Parking Area · ~22.7 mi NW
- Highway rest areaWestminster South Parking Area · ~23.0 mi NW
Coming out here — Monadnock State Park (HQ and Gilson Pond campgrounds) · New Hampshire Division of Parks & Recreation · NH
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Stony Brook as a perennial stream, ~0.8 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 12.3% — noticeable. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Monadnock State Park (HQ and Gilson Pond campgrounds) elsewhere
Other camps near Monadnock State Park (HQ and Gilson Pond campgrounds)
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Greenfield State Park~13.0 mi · fee
How we know this — Monadnock State Park (HQ and Gilson Pond campgrounds)
Stay limit
14 nights (maximum duration of 14 consecutive days)
Source
public land records
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
Two campgrounds plus remote sites: the state publishes a "Monadnock HQ Campground" map, a "Gilson Pond Campground" map and a separate "Gilson Pond Remote Campground" map. This pin is the state's park point at 169 Poole Road, which is the HQ end; Gilson Pond is a separate area within the park. Day use is $15 per vehicle (6 occupants) plus $1 to reserve, and the park turns visitors away when full -- "Visitors without reservations will be turned away when Park is full." Gilson Pond closes for winter. Rate: statewide table (no per-park rate published). SOURCE: https://www.nhstateparks.org/find-parks-trails/monadnock-state-park (read 2026-08-16). NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE PARK CAMPING -- THE RULES THAT APPLY HERE. DESIGNATED SITES ONLY: NH Code of Administrative Rules Res 7302.02(a) (read 2026-08-16 at gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/res7300.html) says "No person shall camp on DRED properties except in designated campsites." There is no dispersed camping on a New Hampshire state park or state forest. STAY LIMIT: Res 7302.03(d) -- "Camping permits shall have a maximum duration of 14 consecutive days at all campgrounds unless extended pursuant to paragraph (e)." TRAIL SHELTERS: Res 7302.02(g) -- overnight stays at Cohos Trail shelters in Nash Stream state forest, at Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway shelters in Max Israel state forest and Pillsbury state park, "and other remote locations where overnight stays are permitted shall have a maximum duration of 2 consecutive nights." FEES (statewide table at https://www.nhstateparks.org/fees-reservations/camping-rates-reservations, read 2026-08-16): primitive campsite $29, standard $35, platform $35, lean-to $40, waterfront $40, water+electric (20/30) $45, plus a $7 reservation fee. NH residents 65+ get $5 off per site per night except holidays. Reservations are through ReserveAmerica / 1-877-NHPARKS. COORDINATE PROVENANCE: lat/lon is the state's OWN published park point from https://www.nhstateparks.org/App/Services/ParkList.asmx/GetParks?type=5a3cf536-dbcd-455d-8700-a21a499cd8b3 (read 2026-08-16). It is a park point, not a surveyed campground-loop point. | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go.
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 Monadnock State Park (HQ and Gilson Pond campgrounds)
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 — Monadnock State Park (HQ and Gilson Pond campgrounds)
Camping near a reservoir →Cold-weather camping →Fire rules & restrictions →Power off-grid →All field notes →