Honestly if I could give this a negative 100 star review, I probably would. So where we start. These campsites are trash in trash out campgrounds. No one follows the rules ever. There shouldn't be broken beer bottles littered everywhere or toilet papers and wet wipes scattered in the woods. That isn't even the worse part. We come camping to disconnect from electronics in order to be one with nature. However, there are people that come with generators and karaoke machine, strobe lights to name the least. I get it. Everyone wants to have a good time. Be considerate of your neighbors. Having raves and karaoke parties until early in the morning is not fun. Especially when they have their volumes at 100. This used to be a great place to come and reconnect with your families. Not anymore. read more

It's been at least 7 or 8 years since I've gone camping here annually. If you want some peace and quite, this is the place to camp. No curfews, no one on top of you... just camp out and do your own thing. Such a great place, we always set up camp by the stream. There's no bathroom or wash area so this is not for the glampers! Although there's porter potties up the closer to the entrance for those who doesn't want to take a squat in the woods! Prices of car has gone up over the years but not too drastic. Prices of wood was $7/bundle when I was there. Can always drive to town to get cheaper wood...$3/bundle. When your week is done, pack up and leave. Remember to pick up after yourself! Hope people who come here wouldn't ruin this places natural beauty because I hope to come back every year! read more

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It is ridiculous that people can still camp along this road. There are 2 formal campgrounds, both very much have the "back country" feel just east of this road in Waterville Valley and other camping along route 49. It just does not make sense that people can come in, trample the vegetation, leave trash (because not everyone follows the rules), and do this 30 feet from the roadside. This is a very high impact, high use area especially around 4th of July weekend. There are campers at every available spot and more! Hike in a ways please! At the very least leave the place better than you found it! read more

My group found a nice secluded location on a Friday evening. Our campsite was located close to the stream. The water is unbelievable cold but the nice background noise of running water made the trip 100x better. There are numerous campsites people have already establish along this road. I believe it is 8 miles uphill. Some sites besides the stream while others need some hiking to get to. Also, some campsites are close to others while other are secluded like ours. Many campsites already have a fire pit. All you gotta do is bring wood. Super tip: buy the wood right before you enter the White Mountains campsite. There is a nice station on the right side of the road and its self serve. $20 for 5 bundles of wood. Be nice and actually put the money in the bin! As for activities, there are multiple hiking trails. We did the Mount Osceola and the summit was very scenic. A small fee of $3 to park your car. I don't believe the other trails have fees but everyone was going to the Mount Osceola trail. There is Russell's Pond and there is a small fee to park your car there as well. Overall, I enjoyed my camping trip here. Some people do leave their trash behind and that's terrible. If you are uncomfortable about pooping in the wilderness, they do have porta potties near the sign in area. read more

Just went here this past weekend, should note that I have been coming here for 20 years. When I first started camping here, the woods were pristine. This Friday night while searching for firewood in the forest, I came across empty red solo cups, beer bottles/cans, and some dude's underwear! Considering I was camping with the gf, this was not cool. I realize its late in the season, but the Rangers should keep up with the clean-up OR hold the littering parties responsible. This place used to be a 5, now I can only give it a 3. read more

I've camped here a couple of times, and we've been lucky enough to get the same awesome campsite each time - exactly where you find a campsite really influences your experience here. We're always good about cleaning up after ourselves, but its clear that other are not - it would be great if once in a while, the owners/management could send a cleanup crew through here (and it doesn't seem too unreasonable since they have to have approximately zero overhead). But I always have a great time when I camp here, and I'll definitely be going back. read more

Good camping available along the road or at Russel Pond an organized area with showers Note: no reservations first come first served. Great back road from Woodstock NH to Waterville Valley and then take RT-49 to Sandwich Notch Road to Sandwich NH. (the Notch Road is not for low clearance vehicles unless you really know how to drive dirt roads. Lots of fun on a adventuring motorcycle. If you camp be aware of picking up after your self. You may find a perfect spot that needs clean up as those before you were not so considerate. Practice your low impact camping and keep the area open for future generations. Have fun camping! read more

Fun site feels way out in the woods even though it is only 15 min. from 93. Some sites are too close to the dirt road but if you look hard enough there are some real great spots along the river. I think it was like $15.00 for 3 or so nights. Do be prepared to be harassed by the sheriff however. One might think that out in the woods it would be OK to have a few beers and have a good (quiet) time but we were interogated by the police for about 10 minutes or so and he tries to intimidate you as best he can. Just don't be a prick, humor his belittling questions and he will leave you alone. At our site with the sound of the river and the natural landscape we did not hear a peep from any other campers, smell anyones food or even see anyone anytime for the three days we stayed. As I said you really have to look for a site that I am talking about and it may be a huge pain in the ass to get there but there are a few gems. Other than that this place is great fun and we camped with the river about 5 feet from us. Awesome as it drowns out all other forest noises and you don't have to be woken up when any animal walks around on the leaves at night. The river is small but pretty fast and the water is icy cold, great to splash on your face and head on a hot summer day. Will go again for sure! read more

We have been camping here with family and friends for over 25 years, long before they started imposing fees. Once our campsite is set up, we can walk to hiking trails or just hang out by the river next to our site. The water is ice cold and great on a hot day for kids & adults to splash in. If we want, we can stay up late talking or listening to music. Most of the people that camp on Tripoli are friendly decent campers and they do take out what they carry in. Unfortunately, there are some people that do not know how to pick up after themselves or know how to use a shovel when nature calls. The fee station writes down your name and plate number when you arrive. Personally, I would like to see them black listed & ban anyone that trashes a site from coming back. Long weekends are pretty crowded and crazy, but if you camp during the week, you should be able to camp next to some babbling water and may not even see your neighbor camping down the road. Not like those tent cities with barking dogs & crying babies. There has been talk about moving the campers off Tripoli onto some fire road that is not near the water (which means you can't fill a bucket to put near your campfire). Not much difference than camping in the woods behind by your house. read more

Wow this is the best spot for camping. Cost 20 bucks per car for the weekend and the only rules are low impact camping, no fireworks, fires must stay under 6 feet and you have to take everything you bring in out, thats it for the rules. 3 of my friends and I came up early friday morning to stake out our 2 sites which we got right next to each other and right next to a waterfall with extremely cold mountain water, it was loud with the waterfall but every second sounded like one of those relaxing nature sound machines from the sharper image back in the day. With the 2 sites we set up camp for 12 people and let the 5 day fest begin. Close to loon mountain so we were able to get more beer and ice and anything else we forgot in about a half hour. Music as loud as we want since the brook/stream is loud enough to drowned it out from any nearby sites, wich in reality arent all that close probably 1/4 of a mile, unfuckingreal!!!!!!! Doing some hiking we came across a baby moose that looked at us with an amazingly dumb expression, we caught some speckled trout in a pond thats on top of a 1.5 mile hiking trail, be warned east pond is a pretty tough hike with gear and not a great swimming hole, lots of leaches, use russel pond for swimming and check out the sweet rope swing that is a short walk around the pond. You have to be cautious about keeping a clean site here as this is black bear country and some friends who had been before had 2 run ins in the site. As a precaution we had pepper spray and 2 shotguns per campsite, we like guns so what, but as long as you keep a clean site and food packed in cars you should be alright. It is the last site in the northeast of its kind, go camp and be respectful of it as the sherrif who politely comes up at night and introduces himself and explains the area to you, make sure you offer him some steak tips too! read more

I agree with the only other review of this camping area at this time: this is the best spot for camping. The only regret I had is not driving farther away from the flatlanders who feel they need fireworks and shotguns and 10-foot fires. Being awakened at 3:00am by some moron using a chainsaw and yelling like a drunken idiot was not my idea of what camping should be. We will return to this area, before winter, and will drive as far as we can from the out-of-staters who act like fools. The sheriff was a nice guy, and told us about the moose he had just seen only a few yards from our site. However, we never felt the need to arm ourselves in defense of animals who are afraid of us. For only $20 per car, how can you beat this? We walked up the road past our site and could see by the tracks and other signs everywhere that moose and bears were all around us. The brook we camped near wasn't so loud that we couldn't hear anything. The only other annoying thing we had to deal with was the flatlander who drove himself off the road and blocked our exit when we left read more