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White Mountain National Forest

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National Park Service

White Mountain National Forest

The White Mountain National Forest reaches from eastern New Hampshire to Western Maine and hosts a range of camping experiences from backcountry to cabins. Experience white mountain national forest camping in these 800,000 acres of recreation area by finding an individual campsite through the forest service of camping in the backcountry areas.

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Location

White Mountain National Forest is located in New Hampshire

Coordinates

44.11488805504848 N
71.43114317066471 W

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Drive-In
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Walk-In
Park in a lot, walk to your site.
Hike-In
Backcountry sites.

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ADA Access
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Firewood Available
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Toilets
Alcohol
Pets
Fires

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Sarah C.

Legend

Reviewed Apr. 11, 2022

Backcountry Site Near Shelburne, NH

Sometimes if you take a little hike into the woods and look around, you find a sweet camping spot for the night. We decided to get one more camping night in before the snow really fell for the winter, so we threw everything in the car and went for it. There was a little snow, cool temps and the time changed, it was just perfect. The spot we chose had clearly been camped at before so we made sure to keep our impact to the same area. Because this is a backcountry, dispersed site, be sure to practice Leave No Trace practices.

SiteBackcountry dispersed site

Month of VisitDecember

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Jenna S.

Guide

Reviewed Jan. 12, 2021

Family camping

Absolutely beautiful place to camp!

Eliza S.

Scout

Reviewed Jul. 14, 2020

Lovely, Free, and Easy to get to

This was the furthest campsite down Town Hall Road (right before mountain pond trailhead) on the left

Space for one/maybe two tents

Pros:

-Nice little sites (most of them next to a stream) with additional space if you want to carry your stuff across the water.

-Super accessible being only a 21/2 hour drive from Boston and very close to a lot of mountain town activities.

-Close to fishing (caught little brookies at our site and elsewhere nearby) and a bunch of hiking and mtb trails.

-Free!

Cons:

-Sites fill up fast

-Sites are all directly off the road.

-we had some car traffic coming through (possibly locals going hiking, fishing, etc)

- Really buggy (mid summer)

SiteTown Hall Road (furthest campsite)

Month of VisitAugust

Caroline R.

Traveler

Reviewed Jul. 17, 2019

Large group camping

Went camping here in a large group on the normal camp sites, had a couple booked next to each other. Worked out great, and the park has plenty of trails to explore for any level of fitness/expertise.

Caitlin B.

Guide

Reviewed Aug. 27, 2018

Gorgeous in the fall!

Extremely beautiful in the fall, with the changing of the leaves. Lots of diners, restraunts, kayaking and hiking off and near the kancamagus highway.

Month of VisitMay

Megan D.

Traveler

Reviewed Aug. 15, 2018

Eventually found a nice spot, but was very hard to find free camping

Had to use freecamping.org to find a spot. We were naive thinking that National Forests have free dispersed camping, but the White Mountains charge at least $20 at their sites and forbid you to camp in any place we found. almost everywhere you look are no camping signs which is so unlike many other national forests. Anyway we eventually found some spots on a forest road (I think752) that would have been very nice and secluded if it weren't already so late and they weren't already so full

Alessia D.

Traveler

Reviewed Jul. 12, 2018

Small, pricey for what it offers.

We stayed at 13 Waterfalls tent site. It was rustic, small, a little cramped, but met all of our back country needs. It did cost us $20 a night. There were 7 dogs who barked all night and the sites were a few feet away from each other. There was an outhouse. I dont think the outhouse was worth $20/night... we would have been better off camping in the back country.

Dog S.

Traveler

Reviewed Jun. 6, 2018

I don’t use a specific campground but hike and stop when necessary

I generally tent or sometimes use a shelter. It is a pretty remote area with some of the worst weather and highest speed winds in the world. Don’t go into the woods in flip-flops, shorts and a tee shirt late in the day with no flashlight. Be prepared and you can enjoy some of the best backpacking New England has to offer.

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