Dry River Campground (Crawford Notch)

Overall Rating (1 to 10) : 10+

Location: Crawford Notch State Park, NH

Dry River Campground is great. You can't beat the location, nestled in Crawford Notch in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The park is surrounded on all sides by national forest, so it feels very remote and wild (though it's only a 20 minute drive to Littleton or North Conway). The sites are huge and spaced far apart, and the facilities are awesome (hot water, flush toilets, showers, and even laundry machines!) For $18/night (off-season), this place is a great deal. We've paid the same for campgrounds with much less to offer.

The Dry River trail starts at the campground and connects up with the AT on its way to Mount Washington. We hiked up it about 2 miles to a washed out suspension bridge (you can still get across by scampering over the river rocks). There's a nice view on the way of Mount Washington, as seen from a distance.

From the campground you get a nice view of Frankenstein Cliff across the street. The only very small downside is that you can hear a bit of road noise, but it's still very quiet and the forest absorbs most of the sound. Just up the road from the campground there's a cafe/gift shop and an information cabin run by the park.