Wildwood
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $24From, per site
- Sites
- 25All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 7 notices
In the agency’s own words
There are 26 non-reservable wooded sites with gravel pads, fire rings, and picnic tables. A self-service pay system collects the fees on a first come, first serve basis. TIPS: * Allow no more than 8 people and 2 vehicles per site and keep all equipment (including tents, tables and motor vehicles) on the graveled area. This will minimize compaction, allow low vegetation to grow, and enhance privacy between sites. * Build all fires in the ring provided. “Only YOU can prevent forest fires,” says Smoky Bear. This will eliminate unsightly charcoal spots that soil camping equipment and clothing. * Observe quiet hours between 10 PM and 7 AM. Turn off audio devices during these times and play them at a reasonable volume at all other times. See the bulletin board for the rules about operating generators. * Gather only dead and down firewood. Keep reading
Recreation
The picnic area is directly across from the campground, with it’s own water, waste containers, and restroom facilities. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the picnic pavilion. A riverside setting offers one of the most beautiful views of Mt. Moosilauke.
Facilities
Vault toilets are handicap accessible and equipped with cold water faucets. Refuse dumpster’s are provided; campers are encouraged to pack out their recyclables. There are no hookups, dump stations, showers or group camping sites available.
Natural Features
Moose are commonly seen along the banks of the Wild Ammonoosuc River. This river was the scene of major log drives in the 1900’s.
Nearby Attractions
NEARBY ATTRACTIONS: 1. East Branch Pemigewasset River 2. Upper Lady’s Bath 3. Kancamagus Highway 4. Otter Rocks 5. Greely Ponds Scenic Area 6. Franconia Falls 7. Black Pond 8. The Flume 9. Indian Head 10. The Basin 11. Franconia Notch 12. Cannon Mountain Tram 13. Lost River Road 14. Kinsman Notch Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (802) 289-0970.
What the agency tells you
Must bring confirmation to campground. Post confirmation number and requested information on fee envelope.
Campsite fee includes parking for ONE vehicle; additional fee of $6 per night will be collected upon arrival per additional vehicle(s) if you did not pay for the Extra Vehicle Add On.
Only 2 cars allowed to park on site; additional vehicles in overflow area.
Everything else this campground posts · 4
This campground has first-come, first-served sites.
Be bear aware; keep all food out of site in approved containers or locked inside a hard-sided vehicle and remove all food from area after eating.
Learn more about the White Mountain National Forest. https://www.fs.usda.gov/whitemountain
Don't Move Firewood:To limit the spread of invasive tree-killing pests, firewood from outside the area is not permitted. Some states have quarantines and may confiscate your firewood. Please help protect our forests from invasive species by obtaining your firewood at or near your camping destination and burning it on-site. Visit dontmovefirewood.orgfor more information.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 25 · 3 tent-only, 3 walk-in
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 50 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- ACCESSIBLE VAULT TOILETS on 26 of 26 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- DRINKING WATER (PEAK SEASON) on 26 of 26 campsite records
- Dump station
- Yes
- Firewood
- Mentioned
Around the campground
- On the water
- River
- Night sky · 6th darkest of 28 in NH
- Bortle 3
- Fall color · reported 4 days ago, 34 km away
- Peak color
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
Watch for a cancellation
Full? Watch it.
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 14
What you actually pay
“additional fee of $6 per night will be collected upon arrival per additional vehicle(s) if you did not pay for the Extra Vehicle Add On.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $24 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 6
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
26 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 25 mapped sitesAll 26 records
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 25 of the 26 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| 1 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 75 ft | 363 ftClay Brook | $24 |
| 10 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 103 ft | 435 ftClay Brook | $24 |
| 11 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 73 ft | 407 ftClay Brook | $24 |
| 12 | tent only nonelectric | 63 ft | 415 ftClay Brook | $24 | |
| 13 | tent only nonelectric | 61 ft | 449 ftClay Brook | $24 | |
| 14 HOST | host pad | 40 ft | 388 ftClay Brook | ||
| 15 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 61 ft | 448 ftClay Brook | $24 |
| 16 | tent only nonelectric | 70 ft | 378 ftClay Brook | $24 | |
| 17 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 63 ft | 364 ftClay Brook | $24 |
| 18 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 106 ft | 268 ftClay Brook | $24 |
| 19 | walk to | 92 ft | 200 ftClay Brook | $24 | |
| 2 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 75 ft | 287 ftClay Brook | $24 |
| 20 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 67 ft | 217 ftClay Brook | $24 |
| 21 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 69 ft | 294 ftClay Brook | $24 |
| 22 | walk to | 67 ft | 232 ftClay Brook | $24 | |
| 23 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 21 ft | 302 ftClay Brook | $24 |
| 24 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 21 ft | 311 ftClay Brook | $24 |
| 25 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 56 ft | 267 ftClay Brook | $24 |
| 26 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 39 ft | 315 ftClay Brook | $24 |
| 3 | standard nonelectric | 8 ft | 61 ft | 376 ftClay Brook | $24 |
| 4 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 71 ft | 525 ftClay Brook | $24 |
| 5 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 71 ft | 541 ft | $24 |
| 6 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 102 ft | 568 ft | $24 |
| 7 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 116 ft | 679 ft | $24 |
| 8 | walk to | 116 ft | 607 ftClay Brook | $24 | |
| 9 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 103 ft | 531 ftClay Brook | $24 |
The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It names it a host pad. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.
25 of 26 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Russell Pond CampgroundWhite Mountain National Forest · 8.5 mi
Hancock Campground (NH)White Mountain National Forest · 10 mi
Big RockWhite Mountain National Forest · 12 mi
Osceola Vista CampgroundWhite Mountain National Forest · 15 mi
Campton CampgroundWhite Mountain National Forest · 16 mi
Waterville CampgroundWhite Mountain National Forest · 17 miWildwood Campground and Picnic Area is off Route 112, approximately 4 miles west of Lost River Reservation near Kinsman Notch and 9 miles from the town of North Woodstock. From 93 take Exit 32.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for North Woodstock, NH
Typical weather
Typical October night 35°F, day 56°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 7°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Wildwood is in New Hampshire’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Maggie Goodlander (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A+. See every public-lands vote →