Jefferson Notch Road

The gate was open, The dirt road in, is soft in places, rusted up slight uphill climb trees are right up to the road. One lane would be tough to pass another car, passing an RV would be out of the question. I would not recommend this if it has rained, 4 wheel drive is a good idea.The opening is large enough to park 3-5 big RVs. 3 rock fire pits are set up. Plenty of room to turn around. Very quiet no Verizon service but ATT has 2-3 bars. Stay limited to 14 days. Must occupy the campsite the first night. Bear warning posted.
We would probably stay longer but rain is on the way.
We took a 38 foot fifth wheel and dually here no problem.

GPS: 44.337, -71.386 - We actually stay here 09/17/22, This is in the White Mountain National Forest on Jefferson Notch Rd. There is dispersed camping along about eight miles, there is one site before this one. Our site was about 2 ¾ miles from the paved road off Rt 2. The road is packed-dirt and very well maintained by the forest service. It’s hilly and curvy but I was able to pass another vehicle coming the other way.

This spot is large enough for three big rigs and you can easily turn a big rig around. There’s three fire pits. We had it all to ourselves for the first four days, then a tenting family set up a campsite. This dry camping/boondocking, so no electric, water, or sewage, self containment is a must and pack everything out. There is no Verizon signal, sorry don’t know about any others. The spot is wide open to the sky, so solar and Starlink is good. One van-lifer stopped in one day and set up their Starlink antenna and worked a while then left. We were able to run our generator pretty much as we wanted, but we just did an hour or so in the morning and at night

We drove the entire length of Jefferson Notch Rd. and this was the only spot that would accommodate anything bigger than a 19’ van, most are tent sites with a few big enough for a van, pop up or very small pull behind.

This was a nice spot; it was peaceful and quiet and we’d stay here again. P.S. WaterWheel Restaurant serves awesome breakfast, just a little West on 2 from Valley Rd. And if you get the “Bear” Omelet and finish it leave a note.

All of our other boondocking were full so we stayed at Jefferson Notch road for a couple of nights while we scouted another spot. If you have a big rig, there is a large camping area (can probably fit 3-4 big rigs) that is easiest to access via the Valley Road entrance. However, there is absolutely no cell service here with Verizon. A booster will not help either.

I like this area, it’s a quiet area and doesn’t seem to fill up when everywhere else does. The road and the campsites are not well maintained, so be cautious, but I’d say it’s doable in any vehicle. A lot of the sites are walk-in, but there are definitely a few that aren’t, I had no trouble finding an open one. During busy times and weekends I think they give tickets if you’re not parked in the right place, so if you’re coming from Base Station Road, make sure you drive all the way up to the height of land, you’ll see a sign with the elevation and an area to park for hiking, and then you can legally stay anywhere past that. Pretty sure you can even stay in the hikers parking area for the night in a vehicle as well. Enjoy!