Free camping near Barre, VT
Within 25 straight-line miles of Barre, VT there are 23 camps: 19 free, 4 fee. The closest is L.R. Jones State Forest primitive camping area, 7.2 miles east of town. The closest one our audit calls free is L.R. Jones State Forest primitive camping area, 7.2 miles out. 2 of them are camps Dave has slept at.
Who manages them: 15 on Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation; 4 on Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation (shelters supervised by the Green Mountain Club May-October); 3 on the Forest Service; 1 spread across 1 other manager.
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.R. Jones State Forest primitive camping area | 7.2 | Free | Great Brook (river) | 1.5 mi to Perkinsville | — |
| C.C. Putnam State Forest primitive camping area 1 | 7.2 | Free | Winooski River (river) | 1.0 mi to Montpelier Junction | — |
| Groton State Forest primitive camping area | 9.2 | Free | Waits River (stream) | 4.2 mi to West Topsham | — |
| Washington State Forest primitive camping area | 13 | Free | Cookeville Brook (stream) | 1.9 mi to South Washington | — |
| Roxbury State Forest primitive camping area 3 | 13 | Free | Bull Run (stream) | 2.5 mi to East Roxbury | — |
| Roxbury State Forest primitive camping area 1 | 14 | Free | Bull Run (stream) | 2.3 mi to West Brookfield | — |
| Roxbury State Forest primitive camping area 2 | 14 | Free | Third Branch White River (river) | 1.7 mi to Roxbury | — |
| Pine Mountain WMA primitive camping area 1 | 15 | Free | Keenan Brook (stream) | 2.0 mi to Groton | — |
| C.C. Putnam State Forest primitive camping area 4 | 16 | Free | Minister Brook (stream) | 4.2 mi to Worcester | — |
| C.C. Putnam State Forest primitive camping area 3 | 16 | Free | — | 3.7 mi to Waterbury Center | — |
| Pine Mountain WMA primitive camping area 2 | 16 | Free | — | 3.1 mi to Groton | — |
| Roxbury State Forest primitive camping area 4 | 16 | Free | — | 2.3 mi to Alpine Village | — |
| C.C. Putnam State Forest primitive camping area 2 | 18 | Free | Moss Glen Brook (stream) | 3.6 mi to Stowe | — |
| Montclair Glen Lodge | 20 | Fee | Brush Brook (stream) | 3.5 mi to Dowsville | — |
| Cowie's Cove Shelter | 20 | Fee | Deer Brook (stream) | 2.8 mi to Hanksville | — |
| Bamforth Ridge Shelter | 20 | Fee | Gleason Brook (stream) | 1.7 mi to North Duxbury | — |
| Birch Glen Camp | 21 | Fee | — | 1.9 mi to Hanksville | — |
| Mt. Mansfield State Forest - Cotton Brook primitive camping area | 22 | Free | Cotton Brook (stream) | 3.9 mi to Moscow | — |
| Battell Shelter | 22 | Free | Cota Brook (stream) | 2.7 mi to Downingville | — |
| Cooley Glen Shelter | 23 | Free | Austin Brook (stream) | 3.3 mi to South Lincoln | — |
| Mt. Mansfield State Forest - Burt Nebraska primitive camping area | 23 | Free | Miller Brook (stream) | 3.7 mi to Stowe Fork | — |
| Addison CountyDave slept here | 23 | Free | Alder Meadow Brook (stream) | 1.8 mi to Granville | — |
| Addison CountyDave slept here | 25 | Free | Blue Bank Brook (stream) | 2.3 mi to South Lincoln | — |
Every distance on this page is a straight line from Barre, VT, not a driving distance — a camp four miles out across a canyon can be an hour of road. Cost is the audited three-state verdict on each camp's own record: free, fee, or unpriced where we could not confirm a price. A blank column is a gap in the record, not a statement that the thing is absent. Camps come from state and federal agency records, not from a visit, except the ones marked. Seasons, permits and fire rules change: confirm with the managing office before you go. Found a fee where we show free? Tell us on the contact page.