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Thirteen Falls
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NH · 44.16516, -71.59497
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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 Thirteen Falls
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,209 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Thirteen FallsNIFC · 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 Thirteen Falls · White Mountain National Forest · NH
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater2 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- DDump5 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- OOutfitter8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- MMechanic9 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- RxPharmacy10 mi
- +Urgent care13 mi
- ShShower17 mi
- AAir-up47 mi
- PPropane54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Thirteen Falls
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,209 ft
State
NH
Coordinates
44.16516, -71.59497
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Thirteen Falls · White Mountain National Forest · NH (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureFranconia Branch (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townDeerfield · ~4.7 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~1.8 mi
- FuelFuel · ~7.7 mi
- Propane / LPGSuburban Propane · ~27.0 mi
- Dump station~5.1 mi
- GroceriesTramway Country Store · ~4.7 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~9.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicLincoln Urgent Care · ~9.7 mi
- HardwareFranconia Hardware Store · ~8.7 mi
EV charging — from Thirteen Falls · White Mountain National Forest · NH — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.2 mi straight-line SW — Lincoln, NH - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 10 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 41 within 50 · 267 within 100 · 784 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS13.9 mi — Littleton Chevrolet, Littleton
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO22.8 mi — GMG DCFC LANCASTER X1, Lancaster
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.9 mi — SWTCH Energy Inc., Lincoln, NH (at a parking lot) · SWTCH · J1772 · 3 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, no confirmation date on the record · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Loon Mountain - Tesla Destination, Lincoln, 7.7 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
Level 2, restricted access — Indian Head Resort, Lincoln, 7.1 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for guest use only · AFDC lists it “Free” - 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 102287 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Thirteen Falls · White Mountain National Forest · NH — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomThirteen Falls · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomGarfield Ridge Shelter · ~1.9 mi N · USFS
- RestroomAMC Garfield Ridge Shelter Privy · ~1.9 mi N · NPS
- RestroomGuyot Shelter · ~3.0 mi E · USFS
Open Thirteen Falls elsewhere
Other camps near Thirteen Falls
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Garfield Ridge Shelter~1.9 mi · fee
- Guyot Shelter~3.0 mi · fee
- Liberty Springs~4.2 mi · fee
- Gale River Loop~4.4 mi
The unit that manages Thirteen Falls
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Thirteen Falls are set by White Mountain National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Thirteen Falls
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 Thirteen Falls
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 — Thirteen Falls
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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