Campground suggestions near Mount Washington, NH

[Anaj06]

Hello,

We will be traveling from Niagara Falls to Acadia NP summer 2016 with a small travel trailer and 3 young children (9,7, & 3), and plan to spend 3 nights in New Hampshire specifically to drive to the top of Mount Washington and enjoy the White Mountains.

We prefer state parks, however I cannot find a convenient one to Mount Washington. I am looking at Timberland Campground, which seems to have a lot for the kiddos to do. I'd love some suggestions and feedback from those who have camped in the area!

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

[VTLee]

Dolly Copp campground in the national forest is a great place to stay and you can hike a trail through the presidential range right from the camp.

[Allworth]

We stayed at Tally-Ho in Twin Mountain the end of July. Nice little park; Nice People. (We rode the Cog Railway to the top. I can't drive and take pictures at the same time. Tried that at Pike's Peak.)

[Stars101]

The Lincoln area is where we always stay. Usually in a condo, but twice in the closest CG to "Clark's Trading Post". Awesome area for kids!

To see:

- Clark's Trading Post - amazing family attraction with live bear show and train ride with the "Wolfman". Kids LOVE it.
- Santa's Village - worth the drive. Really recommended! Never overcrowded.
- Storyland - we have been disappointed both times we went. Very, very, very busy all summer due to it's location to city so the lines were crazy long.
- Moose Tour - leaves from Lincoln. The guides make it fun for the kids. They show movies about wildlife, hand out "moose poop" (chocolate covered peanuts) and just generally have a rocking good time while searching for those allusive moose LOL. My 4 y/o loved it!

[03Ultra]

Have not camped there in a very long time, but we loved Glen Ellis when we tent camped. They had a decent playground for the kids, but also day trips to Story Land and Santa's Village were part of the program. We took the Cog up Mt Washington, did the Alpine Slide as well. Lots of great walking trails. Shopping in North Conway.

[APT]

We loved Lost River in Woodstock. The Mt. Washington driving road is a bit of a drive from Lost River, but we enjoyed the the Fraconia Notch area as well as Kancanmagus Highway stretch towards Conway.

[Anaj06]

GaryWT wrote:
Heading to Timberland in a couple days for the first time. I guess that is nor of the auto road. Our favorite campground in the area is Fransted but that is close to the Cog RR than the auto road. Close to the auto road are Glen Ellis and Green Meadow which are both nice campgrounds.

Let me know what you think after you stay, please.

[Anaj06]

Thank you so much for the suggestions! Off to research some of the ideas.

[Rangerman40]

Lost river valley campground in Woodstock is nice. Bit of a haul to Mt. Washington, but much closer to Franconia Notch State Park. I think it took us about half an hour to get to the cog train this summer.

[GaryWT]

Heading to Timberland in a couple days for the first time. I guess that is nor of the auto road. Our favorite campground in the area is Fransted but that is close to the Cog RR than the auto road. Close to the auto road are Glen Ellis and Green Meadow which are both nice campgrounds.

[Drbolasky]

We also used the KOA in Twin Mountain. No, not convenient maybe, but it was a nice, easy drive and no traffic issues whatsoever. We had a site up on the hill behind the office; because of the way the sites are carved out of the hill no two sites are alike up there. The place was very clean, it was quiet and is run by great folks. Cell service & WiFi can be spotty. Enjoy & safe travels.

[RICKIM]

It's not a state park but it's a nice family campground.
Been there many times when the kids were small.
There are also some good links in this one:

Lost River

You can burn a few hours if you take the kids up the road to:

Clicky

Have fun, Rick

[AirZone]

Just returned from the White Mountains. Jigger Johnson campground is very nice, no hook ups but they have running water and showers. Nice large and private sites.

[Thomas_NH]

Roadpilot wrote:
Look at Dolly Copp. It's a NH state park and is fairly close to Mt Washington.

Make that "National Campground" ... There's a big difference between them. I love Dolly Copp CG, there's a great story about Dolly. But it's a dry CG, no hook ups and small sites. I went by the CG last month looking for a sites we might fit in, no luck.

Glenn Ellis CG in Glen is a great choice for camping with kids.

[Thomas_NH]

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