Agency-listedUSFSFee
Casino Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 44.25640, -114.85529
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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 Casino Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,131 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Casino CreekNIFC · 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 Casino Creek · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- ShShower8 mi
- @Mail22 mi
- RxPharmacy36 mi
- +Urgent care36 mi
- DDump38 mi
- WWater43 mi
- EVEV fast charger58 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 43-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 5 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 58-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 — Casino Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,131 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
44.25640, -114.85529
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Casino Creek · Sawtooth National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townStanley · ~5.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelMountain Village Service Station · ~4.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesMountain Village Mercantile · ~4.7 mi
EV charging — from Casino Creek · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger57.5 mi straight-line SE — 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 · none within 50 · 31 within 100 · 63 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)61.5 mi — Bellevue, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Bellevue
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO57.7 mi — ANNEX EVCS BLAINE COUNTY 1, Hailey
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.4 mi — Stanley RV and Camp (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 398508 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Casino Creek · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCasino Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRiverside Cg · ~0.8 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMormon Bend Cg · ~0.8 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSalmon River Cg · ~0.9 mi SW · USFS
Open Casino Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Casino Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Riverside Cg~0.8 mi · fee
- Mormon Bend Cg~0.8 mi · fee
- Salmon River Cg~0.9 mi · fee
- Sunny Gulch Cg~6.1 mi · fee
The unit that manages Casino Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Casino Creek are set by Sawtooth National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Casino Creek
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 2026-08-22: the two agency channels disagree -- the campground's own forest page says $18 per night single site (one vehicle included), $36 double (two vehicles) and $9 per additional vehicle, while the Sawtooth NRA's campground-by-campground fee schedule lists Casino Creek in its Salmon River section at $20 single family, $40 double family, $10 second vehicle and $10 with a Senior or Access pass. The fee schedule is the newer of the two documents (August 12, 2025 against the page's July 21, 2025), and the camp's recreation.gov listing (id 10165205, 0.001 mi) publishes no rate to break the tie. Budget for $20. Sources: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/sawtooth/recreation/sawtooth-national-recreation-area-fees-policies and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/sawtooth/recreation/casino-creek-campground (page last updated July 21, 2025).
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 Casino Creek
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 — Casino Creek
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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