Free and paid camping in Vermont

77 camps in Vermont: 67 free, 10 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 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

Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation18 camps

• C.C. Putnam State Forest primitive camping area 1889 ft
• C.C. Putnam State Forest primitive camping area 21,999 ft
• C.C. Putnam State Forest primitive camping area 32,091 ft
• C.C. Putnam State Forest primitive camping area 41,942 ft
• Groton State Forest primitive camping area2,070 ft
• L.R. Jones State Forest primitive camping area2,048 ft
• Mt. Mansfield State Forest - Beaver Meadow primitive camping area2,017 ft
• Mt. Mansfield State Forest - Burt Nebraska primitive camping area1,979 ft
• Mt. Mansfield State Forest - Cotton Brook primitive camping area2,000 ft
• Mt. Mansfield State Forest - French Hill primitive camping area1,510 ft
• Mt. Mansfield State Forest - Morse primitive camping area1,929 ft
• Pine Mountain WMA primitive camping area 11,277 ft
• Pine Mountain WMA primitive camping area 21,078 ft
• Roxbury State Forest primitive camping area 12,118 ft
• Roxbury State Forest primitive camping area 21,465 ft
• Roxbury State Forest primitive camping area 31,723 ft
• Roxbury State Forest primitive camping area 41,932 ft
• Washington State Forest primitive camping area1,778 ft

U.S. Forest Service11 camps

• Addison County1,584 ft · notes
• Chittenden Brook1,790 ft · fee
• Clarendon Shelter1,223 ft
• Green Mountain National Forest1,324 ft · notes
• Greendale1,708 ft · fee
• Hapgood Pond Campground1,539 ft · fee
• Happy Hill Shelter1,357 ft
• Moosalamoo1,545 ft · fee
• Silver Lake Campground1,247 ft · fee
• Somerset Airfield1,905 ft · fee
• Wintturi Shelter1,944 ft

Other public land7 camps

• Addison County1,606 ft · notes
• Bennington County2,573 ft · notes
• Bennington County846 ft · notes
• Bennington County1,979 ft · notes
• Bennington County856 ft · notes
• Orleans County1,597 ft · notes
• Windham County2,323 ft · notes

Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation (shelters supervised by the Green Mountain Club May-October)4 camps

• Bamforth Ridge Shelter1,942 ft · fee
• Birch Glen Camp2,039 ft · fee
• Cowie's Cove Shelter2,516 ft · fee
• Montclair Glen Lodge2,736 ft · fee

Elsewhere in Vermont1 camps

• Velvet Rocks Shelter998 ft