• 1-4 About
  • 1. About This Site
  • 2. Current DCC Issues
  • 3. Sources
  • 4. Maps and Links
• 5-9 Overview To 1939
  • 5. Historical Setting
  • 6. Early Camping 1900 - 1919
  • 7. Dolly Copp In The 1920s
  • 8. Dolly Copp In The 1930s
  • 9. Early Management And Promo
• 10-12 Overview From 1940
  • 10. Dolly Copp In The 1940s
  • 11. Dolly Copp In The 1950s
  • 12. Dolly Copp After 1960
• 13-20 Landmarks South End
  • 13. Dolly Copp Spring
  • 14. Early Picnic Area
  • 15. Saw Mill, Ranger Station
  • 16. Bridges, Trail, Rangers Pool
  • 17. Administration Building
  • 18. End Loop To Birch Lane
  • 19. Riverside Drive Area
  • 20. Homestead And Memorial
• 21-28 Landmarks North End
  • 21. Imp View Lane
  • 22. Hayes Field Drive Area
  • 23. High Fields, High Woods
  • 24. Brook Loop
  • 25. Culhane Homestead Area
  • 26. Little and Big Meadow
  • 27. Old Gatehouse Area
  • 28. Barnes Field, Entrance
• 29-36 Related Features
  • 29. Hayes And Dolly In Old Age
  • 30. Campers Association
  • 31. Around The Campfire
  • 32. Daniel Webster Trail
  • 33. Culhane Brook
  • 34. Hayes Copp Ski Trail
  • 35. Pine Mountain
  • 36. Bedrock In Vicinity
• 37-47 Galleries
  • 37. Camper Photos 1
  • 38. Camper Photos 2
  • 39. Picnic Area, Fireplace
  • 40. Administration Building
  • 41. View From Knoll
  • 42. Carter Notch
  • 43. Imp Face
  • 44. Swimming Pool
  • 45. Mount Madison
  • 46. Old NH Route 16
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1. ABOUT THIS SITE

This is a hobby site, dedicated to preserving the history of Dolly Copp Campground. With its large capacity, spacious sites and spectacular White Mountains scenery, Dolly Copp has been considered by many commentators over the decades to be the most popular campground in New England.

Dolly Copp Campground is the “Grand Old Lady” of public campgrounds in New Hampshire. Its visitors can enhance their camping enjoyment when informed as to the colorful history that surrounds their temporary home.

Campground vicinity. See wider
view and detail. Then move up to
see Dolly Copp in the Presidential Range.

A suggestion for website newcomers is to visit the major maps index page and open a few for orientation.

A special feature of Dolly Copp is the long term, inter-generational loyalty of many camping families. Without their contributions of old photos and memories this hobby project would not have been possible.

Your host is Jon Chew of Beacon Falls, Connecticut. I appreciate site comments, am always seeking additional material, and can be reached at dandjchew@hotmail.com.

North flowing Peabody River is in foreground,
Dolly Copp Campground adjacent to west.

This web site dates from October of 2008. As it evolves you will see more and more about today's Dolly Copp campers.

There is an intergenerational continuity at Dolly Copp, tied to a deep loyalty, by scores of long term camping families:

Totem pole carver Jay Milliken with dog Ben.

 

From left are Ginny Milliken, George Brackett, daughter of Bob Kent with
sons to rear, Bernie Brackett, Hayes Field host Bob Kent and Bob Rich.
Posted 2009, photo may be older.

Long time campers Emily and Bradford Adler
celebrating their 40th Wedding Anniversary
at Dolly Copp in the summer of 2009.
See image at full resolution (504kb).

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THE DOLLY COPP SONG

Long time camper Tom Kuzia.

"I wrote this song back in the seventies while camped at Dolly Copp Campground in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

It was inspired by God's beauty and all the wonderful people we met there thru the years.

But there are two people who have given their time and their hearts and deserve this beautiful land that God has given us. I dedicate this song to them, Jay and Ginny Milliken."

Click below for:
THE DOLLY COPP SONG
If prompted by Windows select "Download License"

Something about the song that only a few know is that I didn't write it by myself.

My wife Nancy and Ginny Milliken sat there in front of our screen tent one afternoon and we wrote it together. It was completed in about 2 hours flat too!

I can still picture in my mind the three of us sitting there trying to get all those names into the song and having then rhyme! Ginny supplied all the names and Nancy and I fit then to rhyme!

It was a trip with me trying to find a tune in my mind while playing my guitar and singing it over and over again until it had the "panel's" approval! lol

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Deep feelings for Dolly Copp Campground are being passed on now to younger family members such as those in the Denbow and Shiebler Families:

Christina Denbow with framed poem about
her experience at Dolly Copp Campground.
Read text of Christina's poem.
Posted 2009, photo may be older.

Sons and daughter of Paul and Karen Shiebler in
2009: left to right Tim, Katie and Matt Shiebler.

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