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Exterior of a wooden cabin with a large porch
Exterior of a wooden cabin with a large front porchRADEKE CABIN
USFSWhite Mountain National Forest · New Hampshire

Radeke Cabin

Overview Radeke Cabin once served as a summer camp for School of Forestry students at the University of New Hampshire until the mid 1960s.
Sites1all reservable
Elev.1,299ft
Comf.May-Oct6 months
Max rig20 ft
Electricnonesites
From Concord1h47real road time
The honest read
Synthesized from
RIDB · Open-Meteo
OSM · OSRM
Updated 2026-05-27

At 1,299 ft, Radeke Cabin has a 6-month comfortable window (May-Oct). Winter nights average around 12°F, so the shoulder seasons turn cold fast. All 1 sites are reservable in advance, so plan ahead. Popular weekends book out. Within about 4 miles: 6 named hiking routes, 9 peaks, 1 waterfall, lake or river access.

The campground at a glance

01 · CHARACTER
QuietCoolRoomyShadeRV-fitReserv.

Reads strongest on shade and reservability. Softest on big-rig fit.

Six axes, each scored relative to every other federal campground in the region: quiet (miles to a major road), cool (elevation), roomy (average site spacing), shade, RV-fit (longest rig), and how reservable it is. All six come from data, nothing hand-tuned.

When to go

02 · CLIMATE
JFMAMJJASOND
avg highavg lowfrost-freedriest · Mar
May-Oct
Comfortable window: nights stay above 35°F, days below 90°F.
73%
Of summer weekend-days are dry.
May 6
Last spring frost; first fall frost Oct 23.
59°F
Average July low.

Getting there

03 · ACCESS
01
Concord
84 mi
1h47
02
Manchester
101 mi
2h08
03
Boston
151 mi
3h08
By drive time
Concord · 1h47Manchester · 2h08Boston · 3h08Camp

Routed road time (OSRM). Nearest major highway 5.7 mi away.

Picking your site

04 · 1 SITES
0
Pull-thru
0
Walk-in
0
50-amp
1
Accessible
0
Prime
1
Sites

What's within four miles

05 · TRAILS · PEAKS · WATER

Trails & Peaks

Named hiking routes
6
Trail segments
73
Peaks
9
Viewpoints
8

Water & Access

Lake / river access
yes
Waterfalls
1
To nearest major road
5.7 mi
Method

We synthesize public data layers: RIDB and Recreation.gov facility and site records, Open-Meteo climate normals, OpenStreetMap roads, trails, and water, OSRM drive times, and USGS elevation. We take no bookings, no ads, and no paid placements. Independence is the entire point.

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