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Wintturi Shelter
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · VT · 43.66219, -72.62257
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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 Wintturi Shelter
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,944 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Wintturi ShelterNIFC · 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 Wintturi Shelter · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- EVEV fast charger5 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- WWater8 mi
- MMechanic11 mi
- RxPharmacy11 mi
- AAir-up12 mi
- +Urgent care15 mi
- OOutfitter15 mi
- ShShower15 mi
- PPropane32 mi
- DDump36 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, 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 — Wintturi Shelter
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,944 ft
State
VT
Coordinates
43.66219, -72.62257
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Wintturi Shelter · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureAtwood Brook (river) · nearby
- Nearest townProsper · ~3.3 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.5 mi
- FuelSunoco · ~6.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesBarnard General Store · ~4.6 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~15.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicSunset Valley Dental · ~6.3 mi
- HardwareWoodstock Ace Home & Hardware · ~6.3 mi
EV charging — from Wintturi Shelter · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger5.2 mi straight-line S — Woodstock ChargeVT Charging Center (at a public site) · RED_E · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach27 within 25 mi · 62 within 50 · 378 within 100 · 1041 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)15.1 mi — West Lebanon, NH - Tesla Supercharger, West Lebanon
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO11.2 mi — Green Mountain Power - Royalton / Bethel office, Bethel
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)5.0 mi — Safford Commons Housing, Woodstock, VT (at an apartment building) · AMPUP · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-05-09 · hours: Contact site for information
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Deer Brook Inn - Tesla Destination, Woodstock, 4.7 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas 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 446815 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Wintturi Shelter · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · VT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomGMC Winturri Shelter Privy · at this camp · NPS
- RestroomCarriage Barn (MS) · ~5.7 mi E · NPS
- RestroomGMC Stony Brook Shelter Privy · ~5.7 mi W · NPS
- RestroomGMC Thistle Hill Shelter Privy · ~7.7 mi E · NPS
Open Wintturi Shelter elsewhere
Other camps near Wintturi Shelter
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Stony Brook Shelter~5.8 mi
- Thistle Hill Shelter~7.7 mi
- Tucker-Johnson Shelter~11.1 mi
- Churchill Scott Shelter~11.6 mi
The unit that manages Wintturi Shelter
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Wintturi Shelter are set by Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Wintturi Shelter
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 Wintturi Shelter
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 — Wintturi Shelter
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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