free car camping in rumney/ new hampshire?

hey all

does anyone know if car camping is allowed at rumney or other climbing areas out in the northeast? compared to AZ, the creek, or other climbing areas out west it’s a lot harder to find a spot to pull your car up to and spend the night. does anyone have any recommendations?

Depends on how you define car camping. I have cooked out of my car in the rumney lot at the end of the day and then drove to the walmart and slept there (10 min away). Can be kinda bright and I would suggest getting something to cover your windows. 

If you're referring to "free" as BLM land where you can do what you want, it doesn't really exist in the north east. Sadly different due to land ownership and population density, that's about the end of it.

If you want the camping experience id recc mountain pines or AAC. Cute little campgrounds nearby with amenities for $10.

Welcome to New England, where all the land is somebody's land.

Barn Door Hostel is also a good spot to car camp for cheap.

Miriam Maistelman wrote:

hey all

does anyone know if car camping is allowed at rumney or other climbing areas out in the northeast? compared to AZ, the creek, or other climbing areas out west it’s a lot harder to find a spot to pull your car up to and spend the night. does anyone have any recommendations?

Rules of car camping in New England. don’t post online about it and be quiet. There are plenty of spots you can easily roll up and sleep in your car.

that being said, don’t do it at trailheads and if you are in a tent, leave the FPA when camping 

For Rumney I go to the barn door.

https://www.barndoorhostel.com/

There are plenty of free spots in NH. Typically dirt roads that run through national forest yield positive results. 

I would not  call it  plenty.  There are some  spots in  nh. Closer you get to climbing  areas the harder it is to park and sleep.  Nothing free about a  country that makes it illegal to sleep in a rest area.  Plymouth  wall mart is very  sloped.  Bring  leveling  blocks.  Littleton is nice and flat.  As always privacy  curtains  and  bug big screens are key.  We saw a half  naked attractive  young woman  sleeping in the back of a Subaru  with the  hatch  open in a  fishing access parking lot in Wyoming.  Obviously  living in the  vehicle. I sometimes wonder how she is doing  and if she is still  with  us,  healthy happy and  unharmed.