Passaconaway Campground

Pros: next to Swift River w/ easy access to enjoy and cool off, no reservation needed, close to Conway and Nat’l Park trails. Cons: not kept up, map doesnt match site there’s been changes, firepit was a hot mess when we arrived at 4pm (see photo) camp host should of cleaned it up, NO POTABLE WATER (What?), no cell service and still charging camp fee of $27 per night. If you need water you have to drive to Jigger Johnson Campground…. Why not just stay there? Unfortunately this camp site has gone downhill. Our last visit in June 2020 was a good time. Tip: try Jigger Johnson first

I love camping here. I was on site 3 and 15. Loved 15. 30 second walk to the Swift from site 15. Water was about 70 degrees. Cooler up here on hot summer days. Host Red is great. No noise after 10pm. Sites are spacious and set far enough apart for privacy. Wood available from Red. Cold, pure water available at numerous spigots. No showers. No bathrooms...just outhouse pit toilet.

This is a great "roughing it" campground. Inexpensive (get there early to get a good site in-season), no cell service, no electricity. There are water spouts for filling jugs etc. Bathrooms are not running water ones, but if you have a pass here you can use the nice ones at Jigger Johnson next door. The hosts here were excellent and very friendly. We'll be coming back next summer! (Photos are from a little river you can access via a short trail thru the woods.)

I have been camping in NH and at Passaconway Campground for 30+ years, and this year was atrocious. The campground is not maintained like it has been in past years. There is no host, so issues could not be reported or managed, the road has washout sections with potholes, the campsites are not racked or cleaned, and the bathrooms were poorly maintained and in need of repair. In addition, the water is not working, which is an essential item that we do not pack as it was available at the campground. Vista has been contracted by the USDA Forest Services, and I would not hire that group to manage an ant colony. This sadly may be my last year in NH.

Been camping here for 30 years and this year was disappointing. No host, so no one to clean out firepits or rake out the sites. Bathrooms were a little cleaner then past years but ran out of toliet paper and wasn't restocked until late Saturday afternoon after someone had been there in the morning to clean. NO water at all!!! Sign says due to intermittent sun there may be no water and they are working on it. They have been "working" on it all Summer!!! The solar panels have not been working for years and past hosts would need to start up a generator which is on site to get water to work. No host so noone to run generator. Vista recreation is letting this campground go and get run down which is a shame. What is worse they still charge $27 a nite for what??? No host,.no firewood and no water!!! If your not going to keep up the campground and have running water which you are NOT working on fixing then you must reduce your fees!!!