Free camping near Lancaster, NH
Yes. 15 of the 29 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Lancaster, NH are listed as free; 12 charge a fee and 2 have no price on record. The closest free one is Unknown Pond Tent Site, 9.5 miles east, on U.S. Forest Service land.
All 29 camps near Lancaster, NH
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Pond Tent Site | 9.5 | Free | Kilback Pond (water) | 5.1 mi to Stark | — |
| Rogers Ledge Tent Site | 11 | Free | Kilback Pond (water) | 4.5 mi to Stark | — |
| Cherry Mountain Road Camping | 14 | Free | — | 8.9 mi to Whitefield | — |
| Zealand Campground | 16 | Fee | Ammonoosuc River (river) | 2.0 mi to Fabyan | — |
| Sugarloaf I Campground | 16 | Unpriced | Ammonoosuc River (river) | 1.9 mi to Twin Mountain | — |
| Sugarloaf II Campground | 16 | Unpriced | Ammonoosuc River (river) | 2.0 mi to Twin Mountain | — |
| Jericho Mountain State Park | 17 | Fee | Jericho Brook (stream) | 2.1 mi to Copperville | — |
| Haystack Road | 17 | Free | Little River (river) | 2.2 mi to Carroll | — |
| Valley Way Campsite | 18 | Free | Snyder Brook (stream) | 2.8 mi to Randolph | — |
| Milan Hill State Park | 18 | Fee | — | 1.9 mi to Milan | — |
| Gale River Loop | 18 | Free | Thompson Brook (stream) | 0.5 mi to Deerfield | — |
| Moose Brook State Park | 18 | Fee | Swimming Pool (water) | 1.5 mi to Upper Village | — |
| Osgood Tent Site | 20 | Free | West Branch of Peabody River (river) | 2.0 mi to Glen House | — |
| Barnes Field | 20 | Fee | — | 3.9 mi to Gorham | — |
| Dolly Copp | 21 | Fee | — | 4.3 mi to Gorham | — |
| Garfield Ridge Shelter | 21 | Fee | — | 7.3 mi to Bethlehem | — |
| Dolly Copp Campground | 21 | Fee | Imp Brook (stream) | 2.8 mi to Glen House | — |
| Hermit Lake Complex | 21 | Fee | — | 10 mi to Gorham | — |
| Nauman Tentsite | 21 | Free | Gibbs Brook (stream) | 3.5 mi to Marshfield Station | — |
| Dry River Shelter # 3 | 22 | Free | Dry River Falls (water) | 3.1 mi to Marshfield Station | — |
| Trident Col Tentsite | 22 | Free | Page Pond (water) | 2.9 mi to Berlin | — |
| Thirteen Falls | 22 | Free | Franconia Branch (stream) | 4.7 mi to Deerfield | — |
| Ethan Pond Shelter | 23 | Fee | — | 10 mi to Bartlett | — |
| Guyot Shelter | 23 | Fee | — | 9.7 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Imp Shelter | 24 | Free | Stony Brook (stream) | 4.2 mi to Gorham | — |
| Coppermine Shelter | 24 | Free | Coppermine Brook (stream) | 1.4 mi to Mittersill | — |
| Rattle River Shelter | 24 | Free | — | 4.6 mi to Gorham | — |
| Lafayette Place Campground (Franconia Notch State Park) | 24 | Fee | Walker Brook (stream) | 2.9 mi to Mittersill | Open |
| Gentian Pond Shelter | 25 | Free | Gentian Pond (water) | 3.6 mi to Shelburne | — |
Who manages the camps near Lancaster, NH
Who manages them: 25 on the Forest Service; 4 on NH DNCR Division of Parks and Recreation.
- White Mountain National Forest — 25 camps: 15 free, 8 fee, 2 unpriced
- NH DNCR Division of Parks and Recreation — 4 camps: 4 fee
Season read for these camps, today
Today's season read covers 1 of the 29: 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 Lancaster, 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 Lancaster, 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.