City, County & Regional Parks · New Hampshire
Columbia Meadows Campsite
City, County & Regional Parks · New Hampshire, United States
- Sites
- 1
- Hookups
- 1 no hookups
- Cost
- Free.
- Drinking water
- No
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- No
- Dump station
- No
- Elevation
- 1,007 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Lake
- Connecticut River
- Nearest town
- Columbia
- Address
- Connecticut River at Columbia Meadows, Columbia, NH
About
Primitive paddle-in campsite on the Connecticut River Paddlers' Trail in Columbia, stewarded by the town's Conservation Commission and reached only by canoe or kayak. A quiet site at the edge of a hayfield with a picnic table and moldering privy; land at the small sign upstream of the meadow and follow the short trail in, and keep tents at the northern end of the meadow to protect the hay crop. No fees. No drinking water - bring, filter, or boil. Two nights maximum. The trail notes the site is not currently actively maintained and is looking for an adopter.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 7° | -20° | 40° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 26° | 10° | -24° | 49° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 38° | 22° | -5° | 58° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 50° | 32° | 15° | 72° | 10 of 11 |
| May | 65° | 45° | 23° | 85° | 3 of 11 |
| June | 70° | 52° | 43° | 85° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 77° | 62° | 51° | 85° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 75° | 59° | 47° | 91° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 69° | 53° | 41° | 83° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 55° | 40° | 29° | 73° | 3 of 10 |
| November | 38° | 27° | -1° | 63° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 30° | 15° | -10° | 50° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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