ORLEANS — When Provincetown police officers, following up on a tip, found an illegal campsite hidden in the woods off Route 6 in July, they walked into an elaborate setup camouflaged by netting and dug into a hillside. They also found Jonathan Bridges, a 41-year-old Provincetown man who showed them around the site and told them he planned on staying through the winter.

Officers noted in their report that Bridges had dug into the side of the hill and extensively built a shelter using sandbags, PVC poles and a tarp. He had built a stove out of metal pipes, dug that into the hill and planned to use it to heat the bunker. There was carpeting, a bed, a 55-gallon drum and a desk with computer equipment, according to the police report.

Bridges was told he had to leave and clean up the site, but a subsequent visit by police in September revealed that, while he was gone, much of the camp remained, along with a large amount of trash.

Bridges pleaded not guilty in Orleans District Court on Tuesday to charges of defacing property and littering. He is due back in court Dec. 6 for a pretrial hearing.