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Seth Warner Shelter
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · VT · 42.79823, -73.11856
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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 Seth Warner Shelter
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,705 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Seth Warner 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 Seth Warner Shelter · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- MMechanic6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- RxPharmacy7 mi
- EVEV fast charger7 mi
- LLaundry7 mi
- ShShower7 mi
- +Urgent care7 mi
- DDump8 mi
- WWater8 mi
- OOutfitter16 mi
- AAir-up26 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 4 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Seth Warner Shelter
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,705 ft
State
VT
Coordinates
42.79823, -73.11856
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Seth Warner Shelter · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCardinal Brook (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townStamford · ~4.1 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~7.9 mi
- FuelFuel · ~5.8 mi
- Propane / LPGAirgas · ~30.0 mi
- Dump station~7.6 mi
- GroceriesBig Y · ~6.7 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~6.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicNorth Adams Regional Hospital · ~6.3 mi
- HardwareHardware · ~5.9 mi
EV charging — from Seth Warner Shelter · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger6.8 mi straight-line NW — Green Mountain Power - Bennington · FLO · 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 reach8 within 25 mi · 157 within 50 · 619 within 100 · 1475 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)7.1 mi — Bennington, VT - North Street - Tesla Supercharger, Bennington
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)6.7 mi — MASS MOCA MASS MOCA 4, North Adams, MA · 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 236429 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Seth Warner Shelter · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomSeth Warner Shelter · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomGMC Congdon Shelter Privy · ~3.5 mi N · NPS
- RestroomCongdon Shelter · ~3.5 mi N · USFS
- RestroomGMC Clarendon Shelter Privy · ~4.2 mi SW · NPS
Open Seth Warner Shelter elsewhere
Other camps near Seth Warner Shelter
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Congdon Shelter~3.5 mi
- Melville Nauheim Shelter~6.3 mi
- Goddard Shelter~12.4 mi
- Somerset Airfield~12.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Seth Warner Shelter
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Seth Warner Shelter are set by Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Seth Warner 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 Seth Warner 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 — Seth Warner Shelter
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