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White Mountain NF — the largest block of public land in New England. Mt Washington (6,288 ft, highest in the Northeast). Northern hardwoods below 2,500 ft (sugar maple, beech, yellow birch), spruce-fir above. Classic morel ground in old orchard sites and flood-disturbed riverbanks along the Pemigewasset and Saco drainages. Season runs May-June depending on elevation. Chanterelles Jul-Sep in mixed hardwoods. Unpredictable mountain weather — prepare for all conditions.

Trees:Sugar Maple Yellow Birch Red Spruce

Updated Apr 13, 6:51 PM

Foraging Potential35/100

❌Moisture

❌Soil Temp

✅No Freeze

✅No Drought

Precip 7d

0.70"

Precip 14d

1.40"

Soil Temp

33°F

SWE

Snow Water Equivalent — how much water is in the snowpack vs. normal. Declining SWE means snowmelt is adding moisture to the soil.

0%

Drought

None

Snowmelt

complete

Limiting Factors

Insufficient moistureSoil too coldOutside season window

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Hermit Lake Shelters

dispersed

USFS~0.9 mi from center

White Mountain National Forest

Dry River Shelter #3

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USFS~3.1 mi from center

White Mountain National Forest

Osgood Tentsite

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~3.5 mi from center

Osgood Tentsite

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USFS~3.5 mi from center

White Mountain National Forest

Valley Way Campsite

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White Mountain National Forest~4.5 mi from center

Valley Way Tentsite

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USFS~4.7 mi from center

White Mountain National Forest

Naumann Tentsite

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~4.9 mi from centerFee required/night

Dolly Copp Campground

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USFS~5.7 mi from center

Dolly Copp Campground

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USFS~5.9 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Barnes Field Group Campground

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USFS~6.2 mi from centerFee required/night

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Perkins Notch Tentsite

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~7.9 mi from center

Black Mountain Cabin

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USFS~8.1 mi from centerFee required/night

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Rocky Branch Shelter #1

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USFS~8.1 mi from centerFee required/night

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Mount Deception Camping Area

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~8.4 mi from center

Dry River Campground

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Imp Shelter

dispersed

USFS~8.5 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Ethan Pond Shelter

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USFS~9 mi from centerFee required/night

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~9.7 mi from center

Zealand Campground

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USFS~9.8 mi from center

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Group Camping Area No. 1

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~9.9 mi from center

Zealand Campground

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USFS~9.9 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Crawford Notch Campground

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~10 mi from center

Sugarloaf II Campground

developed

USFS~10.1 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Sugarloaf I Campground

developed

USFS~10.1 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Jefferson Campground

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Eric Wolf~10.2 mi from centerFee required/night

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Twin Mountain Campground

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~11.7 mi from centerFee required/night

Living Water Campground

developed

~11.8 mi from center

Wild River Campground

developed

USFS~11.9 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Baldface Shelter

dispersed

USFS~12 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Ammonoosuc Campground

developed

~12.1 mi from center

Blue Brook Tentsite

developed

~12.1 mi from center

Rattle River Shelter

developed

USFS~12.2 mi from center

White Mountain National Forest

Green Meadow Camping Area

developed

~12.3 mi from center

Along the River Campground & Cabins

developed

~12.6 mi from centerFee required/night

Glen Ellis Family Campground

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~12.9 mi from center

Fourth Iron Campground

dispersed

USFS~13 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Fourth Iron Campground

backcountry

~13 mi from center

Mountain Pond Shelter

dispersed

USFS~13.1 mi from center

White Mountain National Forest

Beech Hill Campground and Cabins

developed

~13.6 mi from centerFee required/night

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Basin Pond Campground

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Basin Campground

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USFS~13.7 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Guyot Shelter

dispersed

USFS~13.9 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

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~13.9 mi from center

Trident Col Tentsite

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USFS~14 mi from center

White Mountain National Forest

Timberland Campground

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~14.1 mi from center

Cold River Campground

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USFS~14.2 mi from centerFee required/night

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The Lantern Resort Motel & Campground

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~14.3 mi from center

Trident Col Tentsite

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~14.4 mi from center

Cold River Camp

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Appalachian Mountain Club~14.5 mi from center

Province Pond Shelter

dispersed

USFS~15.7 mi from center

White Mountain National Forest

Sawyer Pond Shelter & Tentsite

dispersed

USFS~15.7 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Garfield Ridge Shelter

dispersed

USFS~16.2 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Thirteen Falls Tentsite

dispersed

USFS~16.3 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Hastings Campground

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USFS~16.6 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Mt Cabot Cabin

dispersed

USFS~17 mi from center

White Mountain National Forest

Gentian Pond Shelter

dispersed

USFS~17 mi from center

White Mountain National Forest

Franconia Brook Tentsite

dispersed

USFS~17.9 mi from center

White Mountain National Forest

Roger's Campground

developed

~18.3 mi from centerFee required/night

TS 42

developed

~18.3 mi from center

Blackberry Crossing Campground

developed

USFS~18.4 mi from centerFee required/night

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Blackberry Crossing Campground

developed

~18.4 mi from centerFee required/night

Unknown Pond Campsite

developed

~18.4 mi from center

Apple Hill Campground

developed

~18.5 mi from center

Unknown Pond Tentsite

dispersed

USFS~18.5 mi from center

White Mountain National Forest

Covered Bridge Campground

developed

~18.7 mi from center

Covered Bridge Campground

developed

USFS~18.7 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Jigger Johnson Campground

developed

USFS~18.9 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Jigger Johnson Campground

developed

~18.9 mi from centerFee required/night

Passaconaway Campground

developed

USFS~19.1 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Rogers Ledge Campsite

developed

~19.3 mi from center

Big Rock Campground

developed

USFS~20 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Liberty Spring Tentsite

developed

AMC~20.1 mi from centerFee required/night

Liberty Springs Tentsite

dispersed

USFS~20.2 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Hancock Campground

developed

USFS~20.4 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Hancock Campground

developed

USFS~20.4 mi from centerFee required/night

Lafayette Campground

developed

State~21 mi from center

#6

developed

~21.1 mi from center

Milan State Park Campground

developed

~21.2 mi from center

Eastern Slope Camping Area

developed

~21.2 mi from center

Camp Penacook Shelter

dispersed

USFS~21.6 mi from center

White Mountain National Forest

Fransted campground

developed

~21.7 mi from center

White Ledge Campground

developed

USFS~22.2 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Huttopia

developed

~22.3 mi from center

Coppermine Shelter

dispersed

USFS~22.3 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Camp Rich Tentsite

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Wonalancet Out Door Club~22.4 mi from centerFree/night

Fiddlehead Campground CHECKIN AND CAMP STORE

developed

~22.9 mi from center

Fiddlehead Campground SHOWERS

developed

~22.9 mi from center

Osceola Vista Campground

developed

National Forest~23.2 mi from centerFee required/night

Osceola Vista Campground/Group Campground

developed

USFS~23.2 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Boy Scout's of America

developed

~23.2 mi from center

Kinsman Pond Shelter

dispersed

USFS~23.3 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

World Fellowship Center Campground

developed

~23.3 mi from center

Fiddlehead Campground B9

developed

~23.6 mi from center

Crocker Pond Campground

developed

USFS~23.7 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Country Bumpkins Campground

developed

~24.3 mi from center

Eliza Brook Shelter

dispersed

USFS~24.8 mi from centerFee required/night

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Russell Pond Campground

developed

~24.9 mi from centerFee required/night

Waterville Valley Campground

developed

USFS~24.9 mi from center

Waterville Campground

developed

USFS~24.9 mi from centerFee required/night

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Russell Pond Campground

developed

USFS~25 mi from centerFee required/night

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Tripoli Road Camping Area

dispersed

USFS~25.3 mi from centerFee required/night

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Maple Haven Resort

developed

~25.6 mi from center

Bethel Outdoor Adventures and Campground

developed

~26.9 mi from center

Crazy Horse Family Campground

developed

~27.1 mi from center

Lost River Valley Campground

developed

~27.8 mi from center

Wildwood Campground

developed

USFS~27.9 mi from center

Wildwood Campground

developed

USFS~27.9 mi from centerFee required/night

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Lost River Valley Campground

developed

~27.9 mi from center

Waterest Campground

developed

~28 mi from center

Beaver Brook Shelter

dispersed

USFS~30.2 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Lakeside Pines Campground

developed

~32.6 mi from center

Granger Pond Camping Area

developed

~33.6 mi from center

Salmon Point Campground

developed

Town of Bridgton~34.3 mi from center

Jeffers Brook Shelter

dispersed

USFS~34.8 mi from centerFee required/night

White Mountain National Forest

Vicki-Lin Camping Area

developed

~35.8 mi from center

Office/Recreation Hall

developed

~37.6 mi from center

River Meadow Campground

developed

~38 mi from centerFee required/night

123 sites

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Harkdale Farm Campsite

developed

~38.7 mi from center

SEEDS OF PEACE CAMP

developed

~40.7 mi from center

Brandy Pond Park

developed

~41 mi from center

Camp Mataponi

developed

~41.5 mi from center

Nason's Beach and Campground

developed

~42.4 mi from center

Goodwins Lodge

developed

~42.7 mi from center

Dunn's Campground

developed

~42.7 mi from center

Hoop Basketball Camp

developed

~42.8 mi from center

Camp O-AT-KA

developed

~42.8 mi from center

Camp O-AT-KA

developed

~42.9 mi from center

Point Sebago Resort

developed

~44.4 mi from center

Tripp Lake Camp

developed

~45.1 mi from center

Laurel South

developed

~45.6 mi from center

Migis Lodge

developed

~46 mi from center

Camp Connor

developed

~48.4 mi from center

Camp Tall Pines

developed

~48.4 mi from centerFee required/night

Poland Spring Campground

developed

~48.5 mi from center

⚠ Road Access Notice

Always verify road access is public before following GPS directions to mountain areas. Many forest roads are seasonal, gated, or require 4WD. Dispersed camping follows USFS/BLM rules (typically 14-day limit). Check ranger district offices for current road and campground conditions.