Free camping in Vermont

40 free and low-cost camps on public land in Vermont, grouped by the unit that manages them — that is who sets the stay limit and the fire rules. See them on the map →

Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests36 camps

• Battell Shelter3,271 ft
• Big Branch Shelter1,488 ft
• Bingo Brook1,262 ft
• Bourn Pond
• Boyce Shelter2,935 ft
• Bromley Shelter2,556 ft
• Churchill Scott Shelter2,582 ft
• Congdon Shelter2,101 ft
• Cooley Glen Shelter3,104 ft
• Douglas Trail Shelter2,183 ft
• Emily Proctor Shelter & Tent Area3,446 ft
• Falls of Lana picnic area859 ft
• Goddard Shelter3,556 ft
• Gov. Clement Shelter1,902 ft
• Greenwall Shelter2,025 ft
• Griffith Lake Tent Area2,613 ft
• Kid Gore Shelter2,809 ft
• Little Rock Pond Shelter & Tent Area1,875 ft
• Lost Pond Shelter2,180 ft
• Melville Nauheim Shelter2,453 ft
• Minerva Hinchey Shelter1,594 ft
• Old Job Shelter1,675 ft
• Peru Peak Shelter2,597 ft
• Rolston Rest Shelter2,185 ft
• Seth Warner Shelter2,705 ft
• Skyline Lodge & Tent Area3,405 ft
• Sparks Landing Primitive Campsite1,807 ft
• Spruce Peak Shelter2,147 ft
• Stony Brook Shelter1,776 ft
• Story Spring Shelter2,770 ft
• Stratton Pond Shelter & Tent Area2,662 ft
• Stratton View Shelter & Tent Area2,570 ft
• Sucker Brook Shelter2,326 ft
• Sunrise Shelter3,024 ft
• Thistle Hill Shelter1,707 ft
• Tucker-Johnson Shelter2,304 ft

U.S. Forest Service3 camps

• Clarendon Shelter1,223 ft
• Happy Hill Shelter1,357 ft
• Wintturi Shelter1,944 ft

Elsewhere in Vermont1 camps

• Velvet Rocks Shelter998 ft