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Beauty Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 47.60582, -116.66681
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. 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 Beauty Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,173 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Beauty Creek CampgroundNIFC · 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 Beauty Creek Campground · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- ShShower5 mi
- OOutfitter6 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- MMechanic6 mi
- +Urgent care6 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- PPropane8 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- WWater9 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- DDump12 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 4 mi out.
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 — Beauty Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,173 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
47.60582, -116.66681
Cost
Fee · reservable on Recreation.gov
Nearby & resupply — around Beauty Creek Campground · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWolf Lodge Creek (river) · nearby
- Nearest townEddyville · ~3.1 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.7 mi
- FuelRose Lake General Store · ~10.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~11.9 mi
- GroceriesLake Village Farmers Market · ~6.0 mi
- PharmacyKootenai Clinic Cancer Services Pharmacy (Specialty Pharmacy) · ~8.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicApogee Physicians · ~6.9 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~7.7 mi
EV charging — from Beauty Creek Campground · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.3 mi straight-line NW — Coeur d'Alene, ID - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 14 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach9 within 25 mi · 43 within 50 · 71 within 100 · 104 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS13.8 mi — Knudsten Chevrolet Post Falls, Post Falls
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO22.8 mi — Walmart 4249 (Smelterville, ID), Smelterville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.1 mi — The Coeur D'Alene Resort - Tesla Destination (at a hotel) · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- 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 102148 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Beauty Creek Campground · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBeauty Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMineral Ridge - Boat Launch Vault Toilet · ~0.8 mi N · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletMineral Ridge - Vault Toilet (Mens) · ~0.8 mi NW · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletMineral Ridge - Vault Toilet (Womens) · ~0.8 mi NW · BLM
Open Beauty Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Beauty Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Rd 438 Site 2~0.2 mi
- Rd 1575 Site 2B~0.6 mi
- Rd 438 Site 1~0.8 mi
- Rd 438 Site 3A~1.2 mi
The unit that manages Beauty Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Beauty Creek Campground are set by Idaho Panhandle National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Beauty Creek Campground
Reserve
https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233267
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Beauty Creek Campground
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 — Beauty Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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