Free camping near North Conway, NH
Yes. 20 of the 43 camps within 25 straight-line miles of North Conway, NH are listed as free; 20 charge a fee and 3 have no price on record. The closest free one is Province Pond Shelter, 7.5 miles northeast, on U.S. Forest Service land. The closest camp of any kind is Covered Bridge, 6.1 miles west, a fee campground.
The circle crosses a state line: ME and NH.
All 43 camps near North Conway, NH
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covered Bridge | 6.1 | Fee | — | 5.5 mi to Bartlett | — |
| Blackberry Crossing | 6.7 | Fee | — | 5.0 mi to Bartlett | — |
| White Ledge | 7.4 | Fee | — | 5.2 mi to Conway | — |
| Province Pond Shelter | 7.5 | Free | Province Pond (water) | 2.9 mi to Chatham | — |
| Camp Penacook Shelter | 9.2 | Free | Chocorua River (stream) | 2.9 mi to Paugus Mill | — |
| Mountain Pond Shelter | 9.8 | Free | Mountain Pond (water) | 3.1 mi to Chatham | — |
| Mt Langdon Camping Area | 9.8 | Free | — | 2.9 mi to Bartlett | — |
| Jigger Johnson | 11 | Fee | — | 5.8 mi to Bartlett | — |
| Rocky Branch Shelter #1 | 12 | Free | Lower Stairs Brook (stream) | 4.1 mi to Hart's Location | — |
| Fourth Iron Backcountry Site | 12 | Free | Halfway Brook (stream) | 0.4 mi to Sawyers River | — |
| Sawyer Pond Shelter & Tent Platforms | 13 | Free | Little Sawyer Pond (water) | 1.7 mi to Livermore | — |
| Baldface Shelter | 14 | Free | Charles Brook (stream) | 2.3 mi to North Chatham | — |
| Perkins Notch Tent Site | 14 | Free | No Ketchum Pond (water) | 5.1 mi to Glen House | — |
| White Lake State Park | 15 | Fee | — | 6.4 mi to Center Ossipee | — |
| Spruce Brook Tent Site | 16 | Free | Baldface Brook (stream) | 4.8 mi to North Chatham | — |
| Cold River | 17 | Fee | Basin Brook (stream) | 1.6 mi to North Chatham | — |
| Basin | 17 | Fee | — | 12 mi to Gorham | — |
| Dry River Shelter # 3 | 17 | Free | Dry River Falls (water) | 3.1 mi to Marshfield Station | — |
| Blue Brook Tent Site | 17 | Free | — | 10 mi to Gorham | — |
| Granger Pond Camping Area | 18 | Free | Granger Pond (water) | 1.4 mi to Denmark | — |
| Hermit Lake Complex | 18 | Fee | — | 10 mi to Gorham | — |
| Nauman Tentsite | 18 | Free | Gibbs Brook (stream) | 3.5 mi to Marshfield Station | — |
| Ethan Pond Shelter | 18 | Fee | — | 10 mi to Bartlett | — |
| Wild River | 19 | Fee | — | 9.0 mi to Gorham | — |
| Flat Mtn Pond Shelter | 19 | Free | Flat Mountain Pond (water) | 3.7 mi to Waterville Valley | — |
| Osgood Tent Site | 20 | Free | West Branch of Peabody River (river) | 2.0 mi to Glen House | — |
| Imp Shelter | 20 | Free | Stony Brook (stream) | 4.2 mi to Gorham | — |
| Osceola Vista | 20 | Fee | — | 10 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Waterville Valley Campground | 21 | Unpriced | Drakes Brook (stream) | 0.5 mi to Waterville Valley | — |
| Dolly Copp Campground | 21 | Fee | Imp Brook (stream) | 2.8 mi to Glen House | — |
| Dolly Copp | 21 | Fee | — | 4.3 mi to Gorham | — |
| Barnes Field | 22 | Fee | — | 3.9 mi to Gorham | — |
| Big Rock | 22 | Fee | — | 5.5 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Valley Way Campsite | 22 | Free | Snyder Brook (stream) | 2.8 mi to Randolph | — |
| Guyot Shelter | 22 | Fee | — | 9.7 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Hastings | 23 | Fee | — | 10 mi to Bethel | — |
| Franconia Brook Campsites | 23 | Free | Franconia Branch (river) | 4.0 mi to The Village of Loon Mountain | — |
| Rattle River Shelter | 24 | Free | — | 4.6 mi to Gorham | — |
| Hancock | 24 | Fee | — | 3.8 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Crocker Pond | 24 | Fee | — | 6.7 mi to Bethel | — |
| Sugarloaf II Campground | 25 | Unpriced | Ammonoosuc River (river) | 2.0 mi to Twin Mountain | — |
| Zealand Campground | 25 | Fee | Ammonoosuc River (river) | 2.0 mi to Fabyan | — |
| Sugarloaf I Campground | 25 | Unpriced | Ammonoosuc River (river) | 1.9 mi to Twin Mountain | — |
Who manages the camps near North Conway, NH
Who manages them: 42 on the Forest Service; 1 on NH DNCR Division of Parks and Recreation.
- White Mountain National Forest — 41 camps: 19 free, 19 fee, 3 unpriced
- NH DNCR Division of Parks and Recreation — 1 camp: 1 fee
- The Forest Service — 1 camp: 1 free
Season read for these camps, today
Our record has no season word for any of these 43 camps today. Call the managing office before you go.
Forecast near North Conway, NH
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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 North Conway, 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.