Free camping near Woodsville, NH
Yes. 18 of the 28 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Woodsville, NH are listed as free; 9 charge a fee and 1 has no price on record. The closest free one is Pine Mountain WMA primitive camping area 2, 8.0 miles west, on land managed by Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation.
Dave has slept at one of these camps. The circle crosses a state line: NH and VT.
All 28 camps near Woodsville, NH
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain WMA primitive camping area 2 | 8.0 | Free | — | 3.1 mi to Groton | — |
| Pine Mountain WMA primitive camping area 1 | 9.7 | Free | Keenan Brook (stream) | 2.0 mi to Groton | — |
| Jeffers Brook Shelter | 12 | Free | Still Brook (stream) | 0.9 mi to Glencliff | — |
| Wildwood Campground | 12 | Unpriced | Wild Ammonoosuc River (river) | 0.4 mi to Wildwood | — |
| Beaver Brook Shelter | 13 | Free | Beaver Brook (stream) | 3.2 mi to Wildwood | — |
| Eliza Brook Shelter | 14 | Free | Eliza Brook (stream) | 3.3 mi to Wildwood | — |
| Kinsman Pond | 15 | Fee | — | 6.1 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Groton State Forest primitive camping area | 15 | Free | Waits River (stream) | 4.2 mi to West Topsham | — |
| Coppermine Shelter | 15 | Free | Coppermine Brook (stream) | 1.4 mi to Mittersill | — |
| Ore Hill Tentsite | 16 | Free | Atwell Brook (stream) | 2.1 mi to Gilmans Corner | — |
| Lafayette Place Campground (Franconia Notch State Park) | 17 | Fee | Walker Brook (stream) | 2.9 mi to Mittersill | Open |
| In White Mountain National ForestDave slept here | 17 | Free | Jackman Brook (stream) | 3.9 mi to Fairview | — |
| L.R. Jones State Forest primitive camping area | 18 | Free | Great Brook (river) | 1.5 mi to Perkinsville | — |
| Hexacuba Shelter | 18 | Free | North Branch Jacobs Brook (stream) | 1.6 mi to Quinttown | — |
| Washington State Forest primitive camping area | 19 | Free | Cookeville Brook (stream) | 1.9 mi to South Washington | — |
| Liberty Springs | 19 | Fee | — | 4.1 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Three Ponds Shelter | 19 | Free | Three Ponds (water) | 2.9 mi to Stinson Lake | — |
| Gale River Loop | 21 | Free | Thompson Brook (stream) | 0.5 mi to Deerfield | — |
| Russell Pond | 21 | Fee | — | 3.1 mi to North Woodstock | — |
| Garfield Ridge Shelter | 21 | Fee | — | 7.3 mi to Bethlehem | — |
| Thirteen Falls | 21 | Free | Franconia Branch (stream) | 4.7 mi to Deerfield | — |
| Tripoli Rd | 22 | Fee | — | 4.3 mi to North Woodstock | — |
| Smarts Mountain Campsite | 22 | Free | — | 7.9 mi to Fairlee | — |
| Hancock | 22 | Fee | — | 3.8 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Franconia Brook Campsites | 23 | Free | Franconia Branch (river) | 4.0 mi to The Village of Loon Mountain | — |
| Haystack Road | 24 | Free | Little River (river) | 2.2 mi to Carroll | — |
| Big Rock | 24 | Fee | — | 5.5 mi to Lincoln | — |
| Guyot Shelter | 24 | Fee | — | 9.7 mi to Lincoln | — |
Who manages the camps near Woodsville, NH
Who manages them: 22 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 — 22 camps: 13 free, 8 fee, 1 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 28: 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 Woodsville, 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 Woodsville, 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.