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Caribou Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 43.82041, -114.42611
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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.
Can I go now? — Caribou Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Open today Season May 1 – Sep 30. Closes after Sep 30.
U.S. Forest Service record: “May - September” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-17; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Caribou Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,528 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Caribou 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 Caribou Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery10 mi
- RxPharmacy10 mi
- WWater10 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- FFuel21 mi
- EVEV fast charger21 mi
- MMechanic24 mi
- LLaundry33 mi
- ShShower33 mi
- +Urgent care38 mi
- HHardware40 mi
- DDump50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 10 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 — Caribou Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,528 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.82041, -114.42611
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Caribou Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townKetchum · ~9.6 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~20.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesAtkinson's Market · ~10.0 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~10.0 mi
EV charging — from Caribou Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger21.4 mi straight-line S — 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 reach2 within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 28 within 100 · 70 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)25.2 mi — Bellevue, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Bellevue
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO21.6 mi — ANNEX EVCS BLAINE COUNTY 1, Hailey
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)9.4 mi — Sun Valley Resort - Tesla Destination (at a hotel) · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 6 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 398508 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Caribou Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCaribou Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMurdock Cg · ~1.2 mi S · USFS
- Flush restroomWood River Pa · ~2.4 mi SW · USFS
- Flush restroomWood River Cg · ~2.4 mi SW · USFS
Open Caribou Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Caribou Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Cougar Cg~0.6 mi · fee
- Murdock Cg~1.2 mi · fee
- North Fork Cg~2.3 mi · fee
- Wood River Cg~2.4 mi · fee
The unit that manages Caribou Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Caribou 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 Chocolate Gulch at 6,310 ft, about 4 miles away. That is about the height of this camp, so it is a fair proxy. 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 Cg
Open season
May - September
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. | Fee 2026-08-21: $20 per night for a single campsite (one vehicle), $10 second vehicle, $10 Senior/Access pass rate. The camp's own page publishes no amount and points to the Sawtooth NRA fee schedule -- and that schedule lists TWO different Caribou Campgrounds. This is the Wood River one (the page directs you north 8 miles from Ketchum on ID 75, and it sits in the Wood River Recreation Complex), not the Highway 21 Caribou, which charges $14. Sources: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/sawtooth/recreation/sawtooth-national-recreation-area-fees-policies (last updated August 12, 2025) and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/sawtooth/recreation/caribou-campground (last updated July 7, 2025). || Water: Sawtooth National Forest's own site page for Caribou Campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/sawtooth/recreation/caribou-campground (read 2026-08-24; page "Last updated" July 7, 2025), "Facility and Amenity Information > Water": "Potable water is not available at this site.". 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 28217 / MANAGING_ORG 041404), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "No water is available". Page "Seasons of Use": "May - September" -- that is the season of the SITE, not a statement about when the water is turned on. The parenthetical in the value is the page's own sentence, verified present on the live page at write time: "Potable water is accessible at the North Fork dump station." recreation.gov facility 10165200 ("Caribou Campground") publishes no amenity list, so it neither confirms nor contradicts this. No natural water anywhere near this site is claimed to be potable. Agency record only -- not field-verified. Nightshift fire 1680 (Idaho batch 2).
Season
Read from the agency's own season / closure text in this record (data/conditions.py) and checked against the calendar. The words we read are printed under the verdict at the top of the page.
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 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
- 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 Cg
Winter vs summer roads →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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