Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree

Cliff Creek

Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 47.34979, -115.66950
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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
USGS topographic map of Cliff Creek
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Cliff Creek
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Weather outlook — at Cliff Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,232 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Cliff 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 Cliff Creek · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 57 miWDump · 9 miDPropane · 38 miPSinclair · Fuel · 10 miFAvery Store & Motel · Grocery · 9 miGKohal's · Pharmacy · 14 miRxLumber Yard · Hardware · 14 miHHayman's Auto Body & Tires · Mechanic · 15 miMLaundry · 15 miLShower · 54 miShUrgent care · 25 mi+Wallace Fly Shop · Outfitter · 15 miOAvery Post Office · Mail · 9 mi@76 Station - Tesla Supercharger · EV fast charger · 26 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • DDump9 mi
  • GGrocery9 mi
  • @Mail9 mi
  • FFuel10 mi
  • RxPharmacy14 mi
  • HHardware14 mi
  • LLaundry15 mi
  • OOutfitter15 mi
  • MMechanic15 mi
  • +Urgent care25 mi
  • EVEV fast charger26 mi
  • PPropane38 mi
  • ShShower54 mi
  • WWater57 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is a real 57-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 9 mi out.

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 — Cliff Creek

Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
3,232 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
47.34979, -115.66950
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Cliff Creek · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID (OpenStreetMap)

  • Water featureLoop Creek (river) · nearby
  • Nearest townEast Portal · ~3.6 mi
  • Drinking waternone within 10 mi
  • Fuelcenex · ~23.3 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • Dump station~8.7 mi
  • GroceriesAvery Store & Motel · ~9.4 mi
  • PharmacyKohal's · ~14.4 mi
  • Hospital / clinicClinic · ~25.2 mi
  • HardwareAce Hardware · ~23.2 mi

EV charging — from Cliff Creek · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Cliff Creek · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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Other camps near Cliff Creek

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The unit that manages Cliff Creek

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Cliff Creek are set by Idaho Panhandle National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.

Snow, and when this opens

The nearest automatic snow station is Lookout at 5,180 ft, about 8 miles away. It sits about 1,948 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 — Cliff 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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Cliff 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.

Before you go — Cliff Creek

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