Free camping near Mountain Lakes, NH
Yes. 19 of the 35 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Mountain Lakes, NH are listed as free; 11 charge a fee and 5 have no price on record. The closest free one is Jeffers Brook Shelter, 9.5 miles south, on U.S. Forest Service land. The closest camp of any kind is Wildwood Campground, 8.8 miles east, with no price on record.
Dave has slept at one of these camps. The circle crosses a state line: NH and VT.
All 35 camps near Mountain Lakes, NH
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood Campground | 8.8 | Unpriced | Wild Ammonoosuc River (river) | 0.4 mi to Wildwood | — |
| Jeffers Brook Shelter | 9.5 | Free | Still Brook (stream) | 0.9 mi to Glencliff | — |
| Beaver Brook Shelter | 9.6 | Free | Beaver Brook (stream) | 3.2 mi to Wildwood | — |
| Eliza Brook Shelter | 11 | Free | Eliza Brook (stream) | 3.3 mi to Wildwood | — |
| Kinsman Pond | 11 | Fee | — | 6.1 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Pine Mountain WMA primitive camping area 2 | 12 | Free | — | 3.1 mi to Groton | — |
| Coppermine Shelter | 12 | Free | Coppermine Brook (stream) | 1.4 mi to Mittersill | — |
| Pine Mountain WMA primitive camping area 1 | 13 | Free | Keenan Brook (stream) | 2.0 mi to Groton | — |
| Lafayette Place Campground (Franconia Notch State Park) | 14 | Fee | Walker Brook (stream) | 2.9 mi to Mittersill | Open |
| In White Mountain National ForestDave slept here | 14 | Free | Jackman Brook (stream) | 3.9 mi to Fairview | — |
| Ore Hill Tentsite | 14 | Free | Atwell Brook (stream) | 2.1 mi to Gilmans Corner | — |
| Liberty Springs | 15 | Fee | — | 4.1 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Three Ponds Shelter | 17 | Free | Three Ponds (water) | 2.9 mi to Stinson Lake | — |
| Russell Pond | 17 | Fee | — | 3.1 mi to North Woodstock | — |
| Hexacuba Shelter | 18 | Free | North Branch Jacobs Brook (stream) | 1.6 mi to Quinttown | — |
| Garfield Ridge Shelter | 18 | Fee | — | 7.3 mi to Bethlehem | — |
| Gale River Loop | 18 | Free | Thompson Brook (stream) | 0.5 mi to Deerfield | — |
| Thirteen Falls | 18 | Free | Franconia Branch (stream) | 4.7 mi to Deerfield | — |
| Tripoli Rd | 18 | Fee | — | 4.3 mi to North Woodstock | — |
| Hancock | 19 | Fee | — | 3.8 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Groton State Forest primitive camping area | 19 | Free | Waits River (stream) | 4.2 mi to West Topsham | — |
| Franconia Brook Campsites | 19 | Free | Franconia Branch (river) | 4.0 mi to The Village of Loon Mountain | — |
| Big Rock | 20 | Fee | — | 5.5 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Haystack Road | 21 | Free | Little River (river) | 2.2 mi to Carroll | — |
| Guyot Shelter | 21 | Fee | — | 9.7 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Smarts Mountain Campsite | 21 | Free | — | 7.9 mi to Fairlee | — |
| L.R. Jones State Forest primitive camping area | 22 | Free | Great Brook (river) | 1.5 mi to Perkinsville | — |
| Washington State Forest primitive camping area | 22 | Free | Cookeville Brook (stream) | 1.9 mi to South Washington | — |
| Campton Family Campground | 24 | Unpriced | Mad River (river) | 0.8 mi to Campton Upper Village | — |
| Campton Group Campground | 24 | Unpriced | Winter Brook (stream) | 0.7 mi to Campton Upper Village | — |
| Sugarloaf II Campground | 24 | Unpriced | Ammonoosuc River (river) | 2.0 mi to Twin Mountain | — |
| Sugarloaf I Campground | 24 | Unpriced | Ammonoosuc River (river) | 1.9 mi to Twin Mountain | — |
| Osceola Vista | 24 | Fee | — | 10 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Zealand Campground | 25 | Fee | Ammonoosuc River (river) | 2.0 mi to Fabyan | — |
| Trapper John Shelter | 25 | Free | Grant Brook (stream) | 1.2 mi to Lyme Center | — |
Who manages the camps near Mountain Lakes, NH
Who manages them: 29 on the Forest Service; 5 on Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation; 1 on NH DNCR Division of Parks and Recreation.
- White Mountain National Forest — 29 camps: 14 free, 10 fee, 5 unpriced
- Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation — 5 camps: 5 free
- NH DNCR Division of Parks and Recreation — 1 camp: 1 fee
Season read for these camps, today
Today's season read covers 1 of the 35: 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 Mountain Lakes, 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 Mountain Lakes, 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.