Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Confluence Camping
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 45.02671, -115.70577
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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 Confluence Camping
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,639 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Confluence CampingNIFC · 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 Confluence Camping · Payette National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery11 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- @Mail11 mi
- ShShower20 mi
- HHardware21 mi
- MMechanic21 mi
- EVEV fast charger21 mi
- RxPharmacy21 mi
- LLaundry27 mi
- OOutfitter39 mi
- +Urgent care40 mi
- WWater53 mi
- DDump54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 53-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 11 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 — Confluence Camping
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
3,639 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
45.02671, -115.70577
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Confluence Camping · Payette National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSouth Fork Salmon River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townYellow Pine · ~11.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFueling Station by CO-Energy · ~11.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesYellow Pine General Store and Motel · ~11.2 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~20.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicSaint Luke's McCall Medical Center · ~21.4 mi
- HardwareMay Ace Hardware · ~20.8 mi
EV charging — from Confluence Camping · Payette National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger20.8 mi straight-line SW — MCCALL CHARGEPO MC CHARGE 2 · 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 reach5 within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 14 within 100 · 68 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)20.8 mi — MCCALL CHARGEPO MC CHARGE 1, McCall
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)21.7 mi — Shore Lodge, McCall, ID · Blink Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · 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 325581 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Confluence Camping · Payette National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletConfluence Camping · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFitsum Creek · ~0.9 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPonderosa · ~3.6 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSecesh · ~3.7 mi NW · USFS
Open Confluence Camping elsewhere
Other camps near Confluence Camping
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- 33 Mile Dispersed~0.9 mi
- Indian Point~0.9 mi
- Ponderosa~3.6 mi · fee
- Secesh~3.7 mi · fee
The unit that manages Confluence Camping
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Confluence Camping are set by Payette National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Confluence Camping
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 Confluence Camping
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 — Confluence Camping
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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