U.S. Forest Service · White Mountain National Forest · New Hampshire

Wild River Campground

Visitors can enjoy a variety of recreation opportunities around the campground, including fishing in the Wild River, strolling along the easy grade of the Wild River Trail, or exploring the rugged Wild River Wilderness.

First-come, first-served

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2fires
active
Bradley Brook Rx (prescribed burn) · 7 mi away · 1 acres
1 more within 50 miles
Incident details ↓

Site map

12 campsite locations mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. The site numbers are theirs and may not match the posts at the campground. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Season & status

Seasonmid-May to mid-October
ForestWhite Mountain National Forest
BookingReservations not accepted. All sites first-come, first-served.
FeesSingle Family Site Per site / per night $24.00. Extra Vehicle (Space Permitting) Per vehicle / per night $6.00

White Mountain National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Wild River Campground10°20°30°40°50°60°70°January: 3.14 inches of precipitationFebruary: 2.53 inches of precipitationMarch: 2.86 inches of precipitationApril: 3.45 inches of precipitationMay: 3.61 inches of precipitationJune: 4.22 inches of precipitationJuly: 4.21 inches of precipitationAugust: 4.02 inches of precipitationSeptember: 3.52 inches of precipitationOctober: 4.92 inches of precipitationNovember: 3.52 inches of precipitationDecember: 3.27 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 16.5°F averageFebruary: 18.9°F averageMarch: 27.5°F averageApril: 40.8°F averageMay: 54.1°F averageJune: 61.9°F averageJuly: 66.8°F averageAugust: 64.7°F averageSeptember: 57.2°F averageOctober: 45.6°F averageNovember: 34.5°F averageDecember: 23.5°F average0 in1 in2 in3 in4 in5 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Gorham AP, 9 miles from the campground at 800 feet, station USC00273488 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 43 inches a year.

Getting there

This remote campground is located 5 miles down the gravel Wild River Road off Route 113, 3 miles South of Route 2 in Gilead, ME. Route 113 is gated closed during the winter months.

Coordinates44.3054° N, 71.0646° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Bradley Brook Rx

    7 mi from the campground · 1 acres

  • Prescribed
    South Jackman Rx

    33 mi from the campground · 39 acres

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

Outdoor gearRagged Mountain Equipment ↗15.3 mi
RV sales & serviceCall of the Wild RV Center ↗30.4 mi
Dump stationDump station ↗32.5 mi

Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.

Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule or photos in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.

Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the record fills in.

Explore

Worth a stop

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →

Trailheads within three miles

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

This campground sits inside Wild River Wilderness, which overlaps White Mountain National Forest.

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.

On the National Register nearby

On Register Atlas →

Guidebooks for New Hampshire

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    Larry Pletcher and Greg Westrich, 2019
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    Eli Burakian, 2018
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  • Appalachian Trail Guide to New Hampshire-Vermont
    Cynthia Taylor-Miller, 2018
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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Wild River Campground?

No. Wild River Campground is first-come, first-served. Reservations not accepted. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: Forest Service

How much does it cost to camp at Wild River Campground?

Single Family Site Per site / per night $24.00. Extra Vehicle (Space Permitting) Per vehicle / per night $6.00

Source: Forest Service

What if Wild River Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Basin Campground (3.3 mi), Cold River (3.8 mi), and Hastings Campground (5.1 mi).

Source: Campgrounds nearby