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Baker Creek Camping Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 43.78501, -114.55731
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Baker Creek Camping Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,673 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Baker Creek Camping AreaNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Baker Creek Camping Area · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- RxPharmacy12 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- FFuel21 mi
- EVEV fast charger22 mi
- MMechanic25 mi
- LLaundry31 mi
- ShShower31 mi
- +Urgent care33 mi
- HHardware41 mi
- DDump51 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 12 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Baker Creek Camping Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,673 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.78501, -114.55731
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Baker Creek Camping Area · Sawtooth National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBaker Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townEasley Hot Springs · ~1.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelChevron · ~22.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesAtkinson's Market · ~12.0 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~12.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicSt Luke's Wood River Medical Center · ~14.0 mi
EV charging — from Baker Creek Camping Area · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger21.9 mi straight-line SE — Hailey, ID (at a public site) · RIVIAN_ADVENTURE · CCS · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 32 within 100 · 69 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)25.9 mi — Bellevue, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Bellevue
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO22.1 mi — ANNEX EVCS BLAINE COUNTY 1, Hailey
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.9 mi — Leadville Parking Lot, Ketchum, ID · Blink Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Knob Hill Inn - Tesla Destination, Sun Valley, 11.7 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 398508 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Baker Creek Camping Area · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBaker Creek Camping Area · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletEasley Cg · ~1.2 mi E · USFS
- Flush restroomWood River Cg · ~5.0 mi E · USFS
- Flush restroomWood River Pa · ~5.1 mi E · USFS
Open Baker Creek Camping Area elsewhere
Other camps near Baker Creek Camping Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Easley Cg~1.2 mi · fee
- Wood River Cg~5.0 mi · fee
- North Fork Cg~6.6 mi · fee
- Caribou Cg~7.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Baker Creek Camping Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Baker Creek Camping Area are set by Sawtooth National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Chocolate Gulch at 6,310 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 363 ft lower than this camp, so treat it as a guide rather than a reading for this spot. We do not repeat a depth here, because any number we stored would be stale by the time you read it — the station publishes today's.
How we know this — Baker Creek Camping Area
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Baker Creek Camping Area
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Baker Creek Camping Area
Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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