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Trident Col Tentsite
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NH · 44.44164, -71.13641
We haven't personally camped here. Everything below is pulled from public land data, USGS maps and OpenStreetMap — a real place on U.S. Forest Service land, but not field-checked by us. Confirm road conditions, current access, stay limits and fire restrictions before you go.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,028 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · 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 camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel3 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- @Mail3 mi
- HHardware4 mi
- MMechanic4 mi
- +Urgent care4 mi
- ShShower5 mi
- WWater8 mi
- LLaundry20 mi
- RxPharmacy22 mi
- OOutfitter23 mi
- AAir-up30 mi
- DDump33 mi
- PPropane34 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 3 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,028 ft
State
NH
Coordinates
44.44164, -71.13641
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePage Pond (water) · nearby
- Nearest townBerlin · ~2.9 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~5.5 mi
- FuelCitgo · ~2.7 mi
- Propane / LPGSuburban Propane · ~2.9 mi
- Dump stationnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesWalmart Supercenter · ~3.0 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~21.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicAndroscoggin Valley Hospital · ~3.3 mi
- HardwareWhite Mountain Lumber · ~4.0 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomAMC Trident Col Privy · at this camp · NPS
- RestroomPine Mountain N · ~4.2 mi SW · USFS
- RestroomAMC Rattle River Shelter Privy · ~4.5 mi S · NPS
- RestroomRattle River Shelter · ~4.6 mi S · USFS
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Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Gentian Pond Shelter~3.3 mi
- Rattle River Shelter~4.6 mi
- Imp Shelter~7.8 mi
- Dolly Copp Campground~8.8 mi
The unit that manages this camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this
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
Field check
Not verified on the ground. Nobody from here has camped it. It stays at Likely until someone does.
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres 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
Before you go
Your first dispersed night →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →Power off-grid →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →