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Canyon Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 43.62792, -114.85892
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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 Canyon Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,592 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Canyon CgNIFC · 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 Canyon Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery2 mi
- +Urgent care20 mi
- @Mail20 mi
- FFuel20 mi
- RxPharmacy25 mi
- WWater25 mi
- EVEV fast charger28 mi
- MMechanic31 mi
- DDump32 mi
- ShShower32 mi
- LLaundry36 mi
- HHardware45 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 25-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 2 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 — Canyon Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,592 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.62792, -114.85892
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Canyon Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBig Smoky Creek (river) · nearby
- Nearest townAtlanta · ~18.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~20.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesSmoky Bar Store · ~1.5 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~25.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicSt Luke's Wood River Medical Center · ~25.5 mi
EV charging — from Canyon Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger28.1 mi straight-line E — 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 36 within 100 · 67 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)31.5 mi — Bellevue, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Bellevue
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO28.3 mi — ANNEX EVCS BLAINE COUNTY 1, Hailey
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)25.0 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, 24.9 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 Canyon Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCanyon Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBowns Cg · ~1.8 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Hole · ~5.4 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFive Points Cg · ~6.3 mi S · USFS
Open Canyon Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Canyon Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Bowns Cg~1.8 mi · fee
- Five Points Cg~6.3 mi
- Bear Creek Cg~7.2 mi
- Pioneer Cg~9.6 mi
The unit that manages Canyon Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Canyon Cg 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 Couch Summit at 6,780 ft, about 8 miles away. It sits about 1,188 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 — Canyon Cg
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. || Water: Sawtooth National Forest's own site page for Canyon Transfer Camp, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/sawtooth/recreation/canyon-transfer-camp (read 2026-08-24; page "Last updated" April 13, 2026), "Facility and Amenity Information > Water": "Potable water is available at this site.". Page also states: Potable water hand pump is located in the center of the campground loop. Corroborated by the USFS EDW Recreation Sites layer (apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0, re-queried live 2026-08-24 for SITE_ID 07788 / MANAGING_ORG 041405), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "Yes, drinking water is available from a hand pump". NOTE ON THE MATCH: our lead is named "Canyon Cg" and the forest's page is titled "Canyon Transfer Camp" -- the two were joined on coordinates (0.001 mi apart), not on the name. No natural water anywhere near this site is claimed to be potable. Agency record only -- not field-verified. Nightshift fire 1680 (Idaho batch 2). | Fee 2026-08-26: $6 per night for a single site, $12 for a double site, charged from mid-May through October 31. Note the name: the Sawtooth NF publishes this camp as Canyon Transfer Camp, not Canyon Campground, and the page's own coordinates (43.62791, -114.85891) sit 0.001 mi from this pin. It is on the Fairfield Ranger District, reached from Fairfield by Forest Road 094 north 18 miles, then FR 227 for 5.5 miles, then FR 085 north 2 miles. Vault toilets, and a potable-water hand pump in the centre of the campground loop. No recreation.gov listing. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/sawtooth/recreation/canyon-transfer-camp (page last updated April 13, 2026).
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 Canyon Cg
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 — Canyon Cg
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →The town run →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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