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Silver Lake Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · VT · 43.89710, -73.05010
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Silver Lake Campground · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT
No MVUM road within a quarter mile of the pin; the nearest mapped segment is FR 27 (Silver Lake), 0.5 mi away. Access may be a county road or unmapped.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Silver Lake Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,247 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Silver Lake CampgroundNIFC · 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 Silver Lake Campground · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel2 mi
- @Mail2 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- +Urgent care6 mi
- HHardware7 mi
- WWater7 mi
- RxPharmacy7 mi
- EVEV fast charger7 mi
- OOutfitter8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- LLaundry11 mi
- ShShower16 mi
- DDump21 mi
- AAir-up30 mi
- PPropane58 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 2 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 — Silver Lake Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,247 ft
Ground slope
17.2% · steep
Nearest rail line
~5.6 mi · main line
State
VT
Coordinates
43.89710, -73.05010
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Silver Lake Campground · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSilver Lake · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Nearest townEast Middlebury · ~6.0 mi
- Nearest rail line~5.6 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~7.1 mi
- FuelFuel · ~2.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~21.1 mi
- GroceriesLeicester General Store · ~3.5 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~7.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicNeshobe Family Medicine · ~6.4 mi
- HardwareBrandon Lumber & Millwork · ~7.0 mi
EV charging — from Silver Lake Campground · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.2 mi straight-line NW — GMP Middlebury · VIALYNK · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach17 within 25 mi · 86 within 50 · 266 within 100 · 862 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)19.9 mi — Rutland, VT - Tesla Supercharger, Rutland
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO10.0 mi — Green Mountain Power - Mill St Middlebury, Middlebury
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.0 mi — CONANT SQUARE STATION #1, Brandon, VT · 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 420722 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Silver Lake Campground · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSilver Lake Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSilver Lake Picnic Ground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMoosalamoo · ~1.9 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMoosalamoo/North Branch Th · ~2.0 mi NE · USFS
Coming out here — Silver Lake Campground · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Silver Lake as a perennial lake or pond, under 0.1 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 17.2% — steep. 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.
- Rail line mapped ~5.6 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. The atlas also records Amtrak service on it. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in 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 Silver Lake Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Silver Lake Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Falls of Lana picnic area~0.9 mi
- Moosalamoo~1.9 mi · fee
- Sucker Brook Shelter~3.9 mi
- Bingo Brook~7.0 mi
The unit that manages Silver Lake Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Silver Lake Campground are set by Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Silver Lake Campground
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Silver Lake Campground
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 — Silver Lake Campground
Camping near a reservoir →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading your camp page →All field notes →