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Caribou Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 48.94882, -115.50387
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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 Caribou Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,649 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Caribou 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 Caribou Campground · Kootenai National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail16 mi
- DDump16 mi
- GGrocery21 mi
- LLaundry21 mi
- FFuel21 mi
- MMechanic22 mi
- WWater22 mi
- HHardware38 mi
- +Urgent care38 mi
- RxPharmacy39 mi
- EVEV fast charger41 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 21 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 41-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 — Caribou Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,649 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
48.94882, -115.50387
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Caribou Campground · Kootenai National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCaribou Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townYaak · ~12.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~15.8 mi
- GroceriesWatson's Market · ~20.6 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 Caribou Campground · Kootenai National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger40.6 mi straight-line SW — V.C. STATION BF FAST CHARGER, Bonners Ferry, ID · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 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 · 1 within 50 · 14 within 100 · 62 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)72.7 mi — Kalispell, MT - Tesla Supercharger, Kalispell
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)64.8 mi — Best Western Plus, Ponderay, ID (at a hotel) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-11-13 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Paradise Valley Chalet - Tesla Destination, Bonners Ferry, 42.2 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 169454 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Caribou Campground · Kootenai National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPete Creek · ~14.5 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletYoung Creek Boating · ~14.5 mi E · USFS
- Flush restroomRexford Bench Beach · ~15.7 mi E · USFS
- Flush restroomRexford Bench Boat Ramp · ~15.8 mi E · USFS
Open Caribou Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Caribou Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Robinson Creek~1.3 mi
- Erroneous-East Solo Joe Campsite~1.3 mi
- Solo Joe~1.4 mi
- Henry Lake~4.1 mi
The unit that manages Caribou Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Caribou Campground are set by Kootenai National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Garver Creek at 4,250 ft, about 14 miles away. It sits about 601 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 — Caribou 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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
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 Caribou 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 — Caribou Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →How to read this page →All field notes →
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