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Windham County
Drive-up · public land · Windham County, VT · 43.04582, -72.95370
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Grout Pond Campground is a free campground featuring several primitive sites with fire rings and picnic tables, and features a vault toilet. Great area for hiking around Grout Pond. Ice fishing in winter. Room for one or two vehicles per site. Some cell service. Accessible year round. No winter maintenance within campground. Highly recommended.
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 2,323 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
- MMechanic5 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- OOutfitter6 mi
- +Urgent care6 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- WWater10 mi
- LLaundry10 mi
- RxPharmacy10 mi
- AAir-up10 mi
- ShShower11 mi
- DDump11 mi
- PPropane47 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 7 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
public land
Elevation
2,323 ft
County
Windham County, VT
Coordinates
43.04582, -72.95370
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureGrout Pond (water) · nearby
- Nearest towntown · ~1.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuel7-Eleven · ~7.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationDump station · ~10.8 mi
- GroceriesWest Wardsboro Store · ~5.1 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~13.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicMountain Medical at Mount Snow · ~6.4 mi
- HardwareW W Building Supply · ~11.7 mi
From the field — what Dave saw, in person
Cell service
Had a signal
Getting there
Any vehicle managed it
Fire ring
Yes
Toilet on site
Yes
Tent friendly
Yes
Verdict
Highly recommended
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletGrout Pond · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGrout Pond Winter Th · ~0.9 mi N · USFS
- RestroomGMC Story Spring Shelter Privy · ~3.0 mi W · NPS
- RestroomStory Spring Shelter · ~3.0 mi W · USFS
Open this spot elsewhere
Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Story Spring Shelter~3.0 mi
- Stratton Pond Shelter & Tent Area~3.8 mi
- Stratton View Shelter & Tent Area~4.3 mi
- Bennington County~4.3 mi
How we know this
Source
Dave's own travels
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
FIELD VERIFIED by Dave Lalande -- he has stood on this site. Coordinates are his own GPX track point, not a geocode. County and state confirmed against the FCC Census Block API (Windham County, VT). Everything under 'From the field' is a direct observation; nothing here is inferred from a land record.
Field check
Verified on the ground. Dave has stood on this one. Conditions still change — confirm before you commit.
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.
- How many rigs actually fit
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
Before you go
Finding water out here →Cold-weather camping →Fire rules & restrictions →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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