Agency-listedUSFSFree
Cedars Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 46.87245, -115.07627
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. 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 Cedars Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,643 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Cedars 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 Cedars Campground · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump20 mi
- FFuel24 mi
- GGrocery24 mi
- EVEV fast charger24 mi
- RxPharmacy24 mi
- @Mail24 mi
- WWater28 mi
- LLaundry41 mi
- HHardware41 mi
- ShShower44 mi
- MMechanic45 mi
- +Urgent care48 mi
- OOutfitter49 mi
- AAir-up50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 28-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 24 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 — Cedars Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,643 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
46.87245, -115.07627
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Cedars Campground · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLake Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townOlsons · ~9.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~20.3 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~29.4 mi
- PharmacyMineral Pharmacy · ~23.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicshiplu factory · ~11.7 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 Cedars Campground · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger23.8 mi straight-line N — Superior, MT - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 10 within 50 · 28 within 100 · 92 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS29.4 mi — St. Regis, MT, St. Regis
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO48.9 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)30.2 mi — Lochsa Lodge, Powell, ID (at a hotel) · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-08-15 · hours: 8am-9pm daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Alpine Falls Ranch - Tesla Destination, Superior, 24.3 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 102264 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Cedars Campground · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHidden Creek Campground · ~5.6 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCold Springs Peak Lookout · ~12.3 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletScurvy Mtn Lookout · ~12.9 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletClearwater Crossing Trailhead · ~13.1 mi E · USFS
Open Cedars Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Cedars Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Nf720Ard-001~0.2 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #793~0.4 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #4~1.2 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #276~1.8 mi
The unit that manages Cedars Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Cedars Campground are set by Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Hoodoo Basin at 6,060 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 2,417 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 — Cedars 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 Cedars 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 — Cedars Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →