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Waterville Valley Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NH · 43.94246, -71.51014
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Waterville Valley Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,415 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Waterville Valley 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 Waterville Valley Campground · White Mountain National Forest · NH
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery1 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- RxPharmacy10 mi
- LLaundry10 mi
- OOutfitter10 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- MMechanic11 mi
- ShShower15 mi
- WWater15 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- DDump19 mi
- AAir-up36 mi
- PPropane48 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 1 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 — Waterville Valley Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,415 ft
State
NH
Coordinates
43.94246, -71.51014
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Waterville Valley Campground · White Mountain National Forest · NH (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureDrakes Brook (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townWaterville Valley · ~0.5 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~7.7 mi
- FuelIrving · ~10.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~18.7 mi
- GroceriesJugtown Country Store · ~0.6 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~10.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicLincoln Urgent Care · ~10.7 mi
- HardwareAubuchon Hardware · ~10.6 mi
EV charging — from Waterville Valley Campground · White Mountain National Forest · NH — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.6 mi straight-line SW — Thornton, NH - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach5 within 25 mi · 42 within 50 · 325 within 100 · 904 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS28.6 mi — Littleton Chevrolet, Littleton
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO30.6 mi — Hannaford Bradford, Bradford
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)0.4 mi — Windsor Hill, Waterville Valley, NH · Blink 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 307825 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Waterville Valley Campground · White Mountain National Forest · NH — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletWaterville · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomSnow'S Mt Th N · ~1.1 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletOsceola Vista · ~1.8 mi N · USFS
- RestroomMad River Trailhead · ~3.1 mi SW · USFS
Open Waterville Valley Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Waterville Valley Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Osceola Vista~1.8 mi · fee
- Flat Mtn Pond Shelter~3.5 mi
- Tripoli Rd~7.2 mi · fee
- Campton Family Campground~7.5 mi
The unit that manages Waterville Valley Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Waterville Valley Campground are set by White Mountain National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Waterville Valley Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Waterville Valley 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 — Waterville Valley Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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