Free and paid camping in New Hampshire

80 camps in New Hampshire: 43 free, 37 charge a fee. Every camp that charges is marked fee in the list below — or press Free only to hide them.

Every camp we have found on public land in New Hampshire, grouped by the unit that manages them — that is who sets the stay limit and the fire rules. See them on the map →

White Mountain National Forest42 camps

• Baldface Shelter2,211 ft
• Beaver Brook Shelter3,700 ft
• Blue Brook Tent Site1,768 ft
• Camp Penacook Shelter2,657 ft
• Campton Family Campground670 ft
• Campton Group Campground658 ft
• Cherry Mountain Road Camping1,998 ft
• Coppermine Shelter2,151 ft
• Dolly Copp Campground1,244 ft · fee
• Dry River Shelter # 33,121 ft
• Eliza Brook Shelter2,406 ft
• Flat Mtn Pond Shelter
• Fourth Iron Backcountry Site844 ft
• Franconia Brook Campsites1,412 ft
• Gale River Loop
• Gentian Pond Shelter2,150 ft
• Haystack Road1,722 ft
• Imp Shelter
• Jeffers Brook Shelter1,319 ft
• Moose Mountain Shelter2,091 ft
• Mountain Pond Shelter1,523 ft
• Mt Langdon Camping Area1,761 ft
• Nauman Tentsite3,773 ft
• Ore Hill Tentsite1,832 ft
• Osgood Tent Site2,479 ft
• Perkins Notch Tent Site2,634 ft
• Province Pond Shelter1,321 ft
• Rattle River Shelter1,329 ft
• Rocky Branch Shelter #11,428 ft
• Rogers Ledge Tent Site2,437 ft
• Sawyer Pond Shelter & Tent Platforms1,938 ft
• Spruce Brook Tent Site
• Sugarloaf I Campground1,621 ft
• Sugarloaf II Campground1,646 ft
• Thirteen Falls2,209 ft
• Three Ponds Shelter1,758 ft
• Trapper John Shelter1,342 ft
• Unknown Pond Tent Site3,216 ft
• Valley Way Campsite4,123 ft
• Waterville Valley Campground1,415 ft
• Wildwood Campground1,320 ft
• Zealand Campground1,449 ft · fee

U.S. Forest Service23 camps

• Barnes Field1,242 ft · fee
• Basin711 ft · fee
• Big Rock1,528 ft · fee
• Blackberry Crossing891 ft · fee
• Cold River575 ft · fee
• Covered Bridge838 ft · fee
• Dolly Copp1,251 ft · fee
• Ethan Pond Shelter2,880 ft · fee
• Garfield Ridge Shelter4,007 ft · fee
• Guyot Shelter4,152 ft · fee
• Hancock1,139 ft · fee
• Hermit Lake Complex3,902 ft · fee
• Hexacuba Shelter2,230 ft
• In White Mountain National Forest1,403 ft · notes
• Jigger Johnson1,222 ft · fee
• Kinsman Pond3,731 ft · fee
• Liberty Springs3,807 ft · fee
• Osceola Vista1,649 ft · fee
• Russell Pond1,769 ft · fee
• Trident Col Tentsite2,028 ft
• Tripoli Rd1,185 ft · fee
• White Ledge739 ft · fee
• Wild River1,156 ft · fee

NH DNCR Division of Parks and Recreation15 camps

• Coleman State Park2,338 ft · fee
• Deer Mountain Campground1,976 ft · fee
• Ellacoya State Park RV Campground508 ft · fee
• Greenfield State Park1,013 ft · fee
• Hampton Beach State Park RV Campground (South Beach)30 ft · fee
• Jericho Mountain State Park1,162 ft · fee
• Lafayette Place Campground (Franconia Notch State Park)1,770 ft · fee
• Lake Francis State Park1,433 ft · fee
• Milan Hill State Park1,695 ft · fee
• Mollidgewock State Park1,531 ft · fee
• Monadnock State Park (HQ and Gilson Pond campgrounds)1,382 ft · fee
• Moose Brook State Park930 ft · fee
• Pillsbury State Park1,654 ft · fee
• Umbagog Lake State Park (base camp)1,256 ft · fee
• White Lake State Park446 ft · fee