$30
Russell Pond
Closed for the season
Total sites: 67
Booking Window: 6 months
Booking Window: 6 months
1,810 ft
42°F
31°F
31°F
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White Mountain National Forest › Pemigewasset Ranger District › New York
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Russell Pond Campground, NY - Latest Reviews, Photos & Campground Map
Russell Pond Campground is located in the Pemigewasset Ranger District, White Mountain National Forest (1 hr 1 min north of Concord, NH) with an elevation of 1,810 feet. There are a total of 67 campsites including 52 tent-only sites. The campground is normally open from mid May to mid October. 13 sites can accommodate RVs and trailers between 18 and 40 feet. All sites are currently reservable. Reservations can be booked up to 6 months in advance. Fees range from $25.00 to $27.00. Some amenities include amphitheater.
Campsite Reviews (118)
4.2 out of 5
| 5 star | 56% | |
| 4 star | 19% | |
| 3 star | 14% | |
| 2 star | 6% | |
| 1 star | 3% |
@AnnieR1789884 · Camped on Oct 10, 2025 at Campsite #C8
Lovely campground and the staff was very accommodating when I unintentionally booked a non-accessible campsite. They didn't have to (the information was clearly available on the website when I booked) but they switched my reservation to an accessible site when I called just a few hours before I was set to arrive. Really appreciated this!
@SammeC40A06DBA · Camped on Oct 10, 2025 at Campsite #G2
We stayed at G02 which was nice and leveled and very close to the bathroom. It was not far from the water. It was quiet even though it was Columbus Day weekend and the stars were amazing. Its about 20 minutes to drive in to the campground from 93 and its very secluded. I have no cons but dont forget to bring $2.50 in quarters for the shower.
@JoleanT63233B8 · Camped on Oct 3, 2025 at Campsite #D12
The campground hosts were welcoming and helpful. We arrived after dark and they helped us find our site and answered our questions about the local area.
@DomenicPC4036C · Camped on Oct 1, 2025 at Campsite #G2
It was my 2nd time visiting. Beautiful campground. Quiet ,clean and everyone in tune with the outdoors and camping experience. I would have stayed a couple more nights but it gets booked up pretty quickly.
@EmilyF2405059 · Camped on Oct 1, 2025 at Campsite #B3
Great campsite! Very quiet on the weekdays that I was there (of course it picked up starting on Friday). The sites were clean and felt relatively private. Lots of bath-houses with electricity. The showers were warm and perfect after a day of hiking. Unbeatable location for getting to trailheads off Tripoli road. Firewood available on the side of the road shortly after getting off the highway (though the best wood I got was about a mile up Eastside road which included free kindling with the wood bundle).
@GillianS8CF781 · Camped on Sep 26, 2025 at Campsite #A3
Fantastic time. Beautiful landscaped tent sites
@EdwardW7454945 · Camped on Sep 25, 2025 at Campsite #D11
Very noisy !!! We stayed 3 nights. The first night was quiet, the second night the drunks screamed and partied past 1 AM on the far side of the loop, the third night we listened to the local nascar raceway a couple miles away.
@GwenM621735399 · Camped on Sep 22, 2025 at Campsite #D10
This is a lovely campground with wooded and pondside sites. They recently made much-needed improvements to the bathrooms and showers. I recommend this campground!!
@ErichLEB1DB916 · Camped on Sep 18, 2025 at Campsite #G10
Great campground
@DavidM1864120 · Camped on Sep 7, 2025 at Campsite #G3
Great campground, very private, worth the price. My only complaint is that the host was never available. We wanted to inquire about renting a canoe or kayak - there were several locked up on the beach - but the host was never there from Monday through Friday. What good is a host who is never around? Other than that, it was a good experience.
@ThomasM8282631 · Camped on Sep 4, 2025 at Campsite #B5
$30 a night for a tent spot is way too much. The majority of bathrooms were closed, and the ones that were open were in disrepair. There was one coin operated shower for the entire campground. I injured myself hiking and was forced to go home early. There is no way to cancel reservations while your booking is active. I dont think Ill stay at federal campsites again. Id rather stay at local state parks as you get what you pay for there.
@EvaYDA01E96034 · Camped on Aug 27, 2025 at Campsite #G2
Nice site, very friendly host. The only minus is the showers are very limited.
@CarolynV584982 · Camped on Aug 24, 2025 at Campsite #G11
The Russel Pond campground was great, it's super clean, the campsites are well maintained and the facilities were clean and well maintained. The loons in the lake set a relaxing tone and it was a pretty quiet visit even the week of Labor Day. A few shower locations weren't working which meant trekking across the campground to shower, but going in the morning there was no one else there. Definitely bring a sleeping pad if you are tent camping as there are rocks all over the ground on the campsites. Super convenient location to drive to Franconia Notch, Lincoln, or down the Kancamagus highway to Conway/North Conway without being right in the mix of everything.
@TriciaA2554218 · Camped on Aug 15, 2025 at Campsite #D5
Almost everything was perfect - sites were beautifully wooded and well spaced. The only negative was the bathrooms. More than half of the bathrooms and showers were out of order.
@JamieB5289853 · Camped on Aug 11, 2025 at Campsite #C8
Peaceful, spacious, clean. Perfect place to sleep and watch the stars.
@JohnR2194126 · Camped on Aug 8, 2025 at Campsite #C1
Showers werent working, which is part of why we chose this location as we were doing an all day hike and wanted to shower after. Most of the bathrooms were out of order as well. People were partying into the night despite the campground having signs saying quiet hours were 10 pm to 8 am. The campsite next to us ended up sleeping in the car because of this.
@KendraK49E9636 · Camped on Aug 7, 2025 at Campsite #G11
The campsite that we had was great however bathroom and shower facilities are even worse than last year. One shower for the entire campground, most bathroom stalls were closed, only one sink was useable. On top of that the cleanliness is awful. It seems like only toilet paper is changed and the floor is wiped down. The bathroom walls and doors are all covered in grime, never wiped down at all. Cobwebs fill the entire area. And nothing is worse than walking down to your bathroom and every stall is closed so you walk to the next bathroom where there is 1 stall open with a line outside of it waiting to be used.
@JohnS6889697 · Camped on Aug 5, 2025 at Campsite #B3
All but one of the campground showers were not working. Many of the toilets in the bathrooms were also broken. One of the bathroom/shower houses was completely closed, with two portapotties outside. The closest working bath/shower house near our campsite had only one working toilet (out of three) in the ladies room and both of the showers were broken. The sites themselves were clean.
@DavidM1864120 · Camped on Aug 1, 2025 at Campsite #E14
Showers were out of service
@JoeleneW337543 · Camped on Aug 1, 2025 at Campsite #D3
I have been camping at Russell Pond for over 15 years. This year was such a disappointment. One bathhouse completely closed with two port-a-potties outside. The bath house by the pond only had ONE working female toilet.. the other two had trash bags over them, and ONE Single shower working. This was the ONLY SHOWER IN THE ENTIRE CAMPGROUND OPERATING. This made showering almost impossible with long line forming each time I attempted to shower. The bath house near the camp host, had two working female toilets and NO showers. No handsoap in any bathroom and no purell in port-a-potty. I am fine going with nature, but i was not prepared for no shower and next to no toilet availability. I strongly believe this should have been emailed to guest so they could bring supplies. I love this campground but this was very disappointing this year. What are the plans for fixing? As I said i've been coming here 15+ years. Each summer we have 3-4 campsites of friends booked, unfournately next year they want to look elsewhere :(
@RAYMONDS813751 · Camped on Jul 29, 2025 at Campsite #D2
Beautiful site. Very clean and management was very nice. They also have the best firewood in town right on site.
@AlexE9887043 · Camped on Jul 23, 2025 at Campsite #E5
AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!We have stayed at Russell Pond 4 times (for 1-2 weeks each) in the last 7 years. This was BY FAR the worst experience. We were there for two weeks (Wed to Wed) through the end of July.The facilities are in desperate need of repair. There was one shower working in the ENTIRE campground. Many of the bathrooms are closed entirely. The women's bathroom by the pond had only one (of 3) toilets and one (of 2) sinks functioning.The host (singular; she told us she was the only one) struggled to keep up. On at least two occasions (both Saturdays, I believe) the bathrooms by the lake were completely out of toilet paper. There are so few bathrooms to clean and there's not a lot of turnover on Saturday, so it was mind boggling to me that keeping up with supplying the bathrooms was an issue. We've seen hosts in prior years rake and thoroughly clean sites between guests. The only thing this host did between guests was empty the fire pit. The 'host not available' sign always seemed to be up, even when the TV was on in the camper and it reeked of marijuana.On one of the weekends, we speculated that the host put her friends in the site formerly occupied by another host (E4; water and electric on site). She was always there hanging out and had unlocked the electric box for them to use. We often caught whiffs of marijuana. The group that occupied the site had a dog barking nonstop, which the host did nothing about even while there. The icing on the cake is when somebody needed to back a camper into the site across the way (E3), they gently moved a broken down tent on E4 out of the way so they could make the turn into their site with the camper. Afterwards, we witnessed the host moving the tent (or cleaning it up) while YELLING at the site/camper across the way in a profanity-laced rant. Luckily, the family (with young children) that occupied E3 was not there to hear the craziness.Small thing, but there was never wood available for purchaseDisappointed
@CalebA1479481 · Camped on Jul 11, 2025 at Campsite #B5
Very pretty, well maintained, and spacious campsite under hard woods. This site was a short set of stairs away from the restroom.
@DeborahR772108 · Camped on Jul 11, 2025 at Campsite #D10
It was a well spaced campground, quiet and everyone was friendly. The downfall was the facilities, most of the showers were closed, only one open for the entire campground, one toilet out of three were open in the D loop. The facilities could use an update. It was close to downtown N. Woodstock and Lincoln, and great hiking trails!
@NancyB3949689 · Camped on Jul 10, 2025 at Campsite #E3
We only spent one night there on the way back from the Maritime provinces, but it was very nice, quiet and clean.
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