Camp Good News

Photos will be added as the weather allows. Most shown here were "borrowed" from the present owners.

With a long history of great memories dating back to the 1950's, Camp Good News was an active summer camp until 2016. Under current ownership since 1961, the camp consists of 151.88 acres, with land and improvements on the easterly and westerly sides of its quiet gravel road. As a matter of reference, Bascoms Maple Farms, Inc. owns a good amount of the abutting land, its thousands of maples tapped. The Bascom family farm encompasses over 2,200 local acres they have been producing maple syrup since 1853. Over seven generations the farm has grown to include large maple groves, a major dairy, and other agricultural operations

The majority of the structures at Camp Good News are seasonal and are clustered in areas closest to the quiet lane to access water and sewage disposal systems. ...

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Directions

Good News Camp Rd is via two-lane state roads, local paved roads and finally, a gravel road into the campgrounds land. Routes 10 & 12 further connect to I-91 in Vermont, accessed by the Cheshire Toll Bridge in the center of Charlestown. Massachusetts can be accessed via Route 63 off Route 12 in Westmoreland. Local airports that service the area are located in Claremont, Swanzey and Jaffrey. Commercial service is found in Lebanon and Manchester, New Hampshire. It is about 12 minutes into Charlestown, a community of 5,000+ residents and the college town of Keene if approximately 40 minutes away to the south. To the north, Claremont and Newport are within 30 minutes.