Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Bird Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 43.62078, -115.17577
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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 Bird Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,693 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Bird 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 Bird Creek Campground · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery4 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- DDump21 mi
- ShShower21 mi
- +Urgent care27 mi
- @Mail27 mi
- WWater36 mi
- LLaundry39 mi
- RxPharmacy41 mi
- EVEV fast charger42 mi
- MMechanic42 mi
- HHardware43 mi
- OOutfitter52 mi
- AAir-up57 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 36-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 4 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 42-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 — Bird Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,693 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.62078, -115.17577
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Bird Creek Campground · Sawtooth National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSouth Fork Boise River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townFeatherville · ~4.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~11.6 mi
- Propane / LPGThe Y stop · ~23.8 mi
- Dump station~20.8 mi
- GroceriesNitz Pine Store · ~11.6 mi
EV charging — from Bird Creek Campground · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger41.7 mi straight-line SW — Walmart 2782 (Mountain Home, ID) · Electrify America · CHAdeMO, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 37 within 100 · 60 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)42.3 mi — Mountain Home, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Mountain Home
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)38.7 mi — Redfish Lake Lodge, Stanley, ID (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 121718 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Bird Creek Campground · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBird Creek Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletChaparral Cg · ~1.4 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWillow Creek Cg · ~1.9 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAbbott Cg · ~2.2 mi W · USFS
Open Bird Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Bird Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Chaparral Cg~1.4 mi · fee
- Willow Creek Cg~1.9 mi · fee
- Abbott Cg~2.2 mi · fee
- Willow Creek North Cg (Transfer Camp)~2.2 mi
The unit that manages Bird Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Bird Creek Campground 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 Atlanta Summit at 7,570 ft, about 10 miles away. It sits about 2,877 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 — Bird Creek Campground
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 Bird 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 — Bird Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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