Vermont State Parks · Vermont
Little River State Park
Vermont State Parks · Vermont, United States
- Sites
- 90
- Hookups
- 90 no hookups
- Season
- May 15 to October 17
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Laundry
- No
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 833 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 2
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile weak · AT&T weak · Verizon weak (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Waterbury Reservoir
- Nearest town
- Waterbury
- Address
- 3444 Little River Road, Waterbury, VT 05676
- Activities
- Camping
About
Little River State Park, in the Mount Mansfield State Forest near Waterbury Reservoir, sits on the site of a former hill farm with 19th-century cellar holes and cemeteries along its trails. Its main campground has 90 sites - 36 for tents or RVs, 34 tent-only, and 20 lean-tos - none with electric or water hookups; an RV sanitary dump station is available. 5 electric cabins are also on site but not counted in the total above. An additional 27 first-come, first-served remote campsites exist along the reservoir shoreline outside this park's own online booking system - see Waterbury Reservoir Remote Sites (a separate, online-bookable facility) for a different set of boat-in sites in the same area.
Fees
Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation statewide camping fee schedule (vtstateparks.com/fees.html), per night, shown as VT Resident / Non-Resident: Tent/RV sites $20/$38; Lean-to sites $30/$49 (Burton Island's lean-tos are a published exception at $40/$60); Group camping $6/$10 per person per night (8-person minimum). No separate rate is published for remote/boat-in sites - the standard Tent/RV or Lean-to rate above most likely applies, but this isn't stated explicitly. A $2/night surcharge applies at some "prime" sites; $8/person/night for additional occupants beyond 4 (8-person max per site); $3/pet/night; an $8/site non-refundable reservation fee; firewood $9/bundle; trash $6/bag. Pets are allowed at this campground on a leash (max 10 feet) or confined, for a $3/pet/night fee, per Vermont State Parks' statewide camping policy; pets must be vaccinated and kept from excessive barking.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 7° | -24° | 41° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 28° | 10° | -22° | 51° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 40° | 24° | -3° | 62° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 53° | 34° | 17° | 79° | 10 of 11 |
| May | 67° | 46° | 30° | 84° | 2 of 11 |
| June | 72° | 53° | 45° | 86° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 80° | 64° | 54° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 76° | 61° | 50° | 92° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 72° | 54° | 42° | 85° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 57° | 42° | 30° | 75° | 3 of 10 |
| November | 39° | 28° | -3° | 65° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 32° | 18° | -11° | 52° | 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.
Nearby campgrounds
- Waterbury Reservoir Remote Sites · Vermont State Parks · 1 mi · 27 sites
- Smugglers' Notch State Park · Vermont State Parks · 9 mi · 34 sites
- Underhill State Park · Vermont State Parks · 10 mi · 18 sites
- Curtis Pond Island Camping · City, County & Regional Parks · 13 mi
- Elmore State Park · Vermont State Parks · 16 mi · 59 sites
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