Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Beagle Creek Camping Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 44.99688, -114.48000
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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 Beagle Creek Camping Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,185 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Beagle 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 Beagle Creek Camping Area · Salmon-Challis National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater21 mi
- DDump30 mi
- FFuel31 mi
- OOutfitter31 mi
- GGrocery31 mi
- LLaundry31 mi
- +Urgent care31 mi
- @Mail31 mi
- MMechanic32 mi
- ShShower32 mi
- RxPharmacy36 mi
- EVEV fast charger79 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 21-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 31 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 79-mi run (and back).
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 — Beagle Creek Camping Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
6,185 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
44.99688, -114.48000
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Beagle Creek Camping Area · Salmon-Challis National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest towntown · ~8.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~30.1 mi
- Groceriesnone within 30 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
EV charging — from Beagle Creek Camping Area · Salmon-Challis National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger79.3 mi straight-line W — MCCALL CHARGEPO MC CHARGE 1 · ChargePoint Network · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 7 within 100 · 53 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO79.3 mi — MCCALL CHARGEPO MC CHARGE 2, McCall
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)58.0 mi — Stanley RV and Camp (at a campground) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-10-13 · hours: 24 hours daily
- 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 325580 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Beagle Creek Camping Area · Salmon-Challis National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMcdonald Flat Campground · ~9.2 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSoldier Bar Airfield · ~17.2 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletEbenezer Campground · ~21.4 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWest Fork Morgan Creek Campground · ~21.9 mi S · USFS
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Other camps near Beagle Creek Camping Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Yellowjacket Lake Campground~6.0 mi
- Bighorn Crags Campground~7.7 mi · fee
- Mcdonald Flat Campground~9.2 mi
- Lost Spring Campground~10.5 mi
The unit that manages Beagle Creek Camping Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Beagle Creek Camping Area are set by Salmon-Challis National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Morgan Creek at 7,620 ft, about 15 miles away. It sits about 1,435 ft higher 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 — Beagle 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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Beagle 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 — Beagle Creek Camping Area
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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