Free camping near Bartlett, NH
Yes. 26 of the 57 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Bartlett, NH are listed as free; 26 charge a fee and 5 have no price on record. The closest free one is Mt Langdon Camping Area, 2.9 miles north, on U.S. Forest Service land.
Dave has slept at one of these camps. The circle crosses a state line: ME and NH.
The 50 nearest camps to Bartlett, NH
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Langdon Camping Area | 2.9 | Free | — | 2.9 mi to Bartlett | — |
| Fourth Iron Backcountry Site | 3.2 | Free | Halfway Brook (stream) | 0.4 mi to Sawyers River | — |
| Blackberry Crossing | 5.0 | Fee | — | 5.0 mi to Bartlett | — |
| Sawyer Pond Shelter & Tent Platforms | 5.1 | Free | Little Sawyer Pond (water) | 1.7 mi to Livermore | — |
| Covered Bridge | 5.5 | Fee | — | 5.5 mi to Bartlett | — |
| Rocky Branch Shelter #1 | 5.5 | Free | Lower Stairs Brook (stream) | 4.1 mi to Hart's Location | — |
| Jigger Johnson | 5.8 | Fee | — | 5.8 mi to Bartlett | — |
| Camp Penacook Shelter | 8.0 | Free | Chocorua River (stream) | 2.9 mi to Paugus Mill | — |
| White Ledge | 8.9 | Fee | — | 5.2 mi to Conway | — |
| Ethan Pond Shelter | 10 | Fee | — | 10 mi to Bartlett | — |
| Dry River Shelter # 3 | 11 | Free | Dry River Falls (water) | 3.1 mi to Marshfield Station | — |
| Nauman Tentsite | 11 | Free | Gibbs Brook (stream) | 3.5 mi to Marshfield Station | — |
| Province Pond Shelter | 12 | Free | Province Pond (water) | 2.9 mi to Chatham | — |
| Mountain Pond Shelter | 13 | Free | Mountain Pond (water) | 3.1 mi to Chatham | — |
| Hermit Lake Complex | 13 | Fee | — | 10 mi to Gorham | — |
| Perkins Notch Tent Site | 13 | Free | No Ketchum Pond (water) | 5.1 mi to Glen House | — |
| Osceola Vista | 14 | Fee | — | 10 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Guyot Shelter | 14 | Fee | — | 9.7 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Big Rock | 14 | Fee | — | 5.5 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Flat Mtn Pond Shelter | 14 | Free | Flat Mountain Pond (water) | 3.7 mi to Waterville Valley | — |
| Franconia Brook Campsites | 14 | Free | Franconia Branch (river) | 4.0 mi to The Village of Loon Mountain | — |
| Waterville Valley Campground | 14 | Unpriced | Drakes Brook (stream) | 0.5 mi to Waterville Valley | — |
| Hancock | 15 | Fee | — | 3.8 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Baldface Shelter | 16 | Free | Charles Brook (stream) | 2.3 mi to North Chatham | — |
| Spruce Brook Tent Site | 16 | Free | Baldface Brook (stream) | 4.8 mi to North Chatham | — |
| Osgood Tent Site | 16 | Free | West Branch of Peabody River (river) | 2.0 mi to Glen House | — |
| Thirteen Falls | 17 | Free | Franconia Branch (stream) | 4.7 mi to Deerfield | — |
| Sugarloaf II Campground | 17 | Unpriced | Ammonoosuc River (river) | 2.0 mi to Twin Mountain | — |
| White Lake State Park | 17 | Fee | — | 6.4 mi to Center Ossipee | — |
| Sugarloaf I Campground | 17 | Unpriced | Ammonoosuc River (river) | 1.9 mi to Twin Mountain | — |
| Zealand Campground | 17 | Fee | Ammonoosuc River (river) | 2.0 mi to Fabyan | — |
| Dolly Copp Campground | 18 | Fee | Imp Brook (stream) | 2.8 mi to Glen House | — |
| Valley Way Campsite | 18 | Free | Snyder Brook (stream) | 2.8 mi to Randolph | — |
| Garfield Ridge Shelter | 18 | Fee | — | 7.3 mi to Bethlehem | — |
| Cherry Mountain Road Camping | 18 | Free | — | 8.9 mi to Whitefield | — |
| Blue Brook Tent Site | 18 | Free | — | 10 mi to Gorham | — |
| Dolly Copp | 18 | Fee | — | 4.3 mi to Gorham | — |
| Liberty Springs | 18 | Fee | — | 4.1 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Tripoli Rd | 18 | Fee | — | 4.3 mi to North Woodstock | — |
| Haystack Road | 18 | Free | Little River (river) | 2.2 mi to Carroll | — |
| Basin | 19 | Fee | — | 12 mi to Gorham | — |
| Barnes Field | 19 | Fee | — | 3.9 mi to Gorham | — |
| Russell Pond | 19 | Fee | — | 3.1 mi to North Woodstock | — |
| Cold River | 19 | Fee | Basin Brook (stream) | 1.6 mi to North Chatham | — |
| Imp Shelter | 19 | Free | Stony Brook (stream) | 4.2 mi to Gorham | — |
| Wild River | 19 | Fee | — | 9.0 mi to Gorham | — |
| Gale River Loop | 20 | Free | Thompson Brook (stream) | 0.5 mi to Deerfield | — |
| Lafayette Place Campground (Franconia Notch State Park) | 21 | Fee | Walker Brook (stream) | 2.9 mi to Mittersill | Open |
| Campton Family Campground | 22 | Unpriced | Mad River (river) | 0.8 mi to Campton Upper Village | — |
| Campton Group Campground | 22 | Unpriced | Winter Brook (stream) | 0.7 mi to Campton Upper Village | — |
The other 7 inside the circle are on the live map — open it centred on Bartlett, NH.
Who manages the camps near Bartlett, NH
Who manages them: 54 on the Forest Service; 3 on NH DNCR Division of Parks and Recreation.
- White Mountain National Forest — 54 camps: 26 free, 23 fee, 5 unpriced
- NH DNCR Division of Parks and Recreation — 3 camps: 3 fee
Season read for these camps, today
Today's season read covers 1 of the 57: 1 open, 0 closed, 0 worth a call. It comes from each camp's own record, so a camp with no season word is not counted either way.
Forecast near Bartlett, NH
This is the Weather Service forecast for the town, fetched when the page opens. It is not a forecast for any camp in the table; ground higher up or in a canyon can run colder or windier. It needs JavaScript; without it, see weather.gov.
Camping near other towns close by
The nearest towns that have their own page, with the straight-line miles between the towns.
Every distance on this page is a straight line from Bartlett, NH, 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.