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Craters Of The Moon National Monument

Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · ID · 43.46250, -113.56000
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Bureau of Land Management 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.
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USGS topographic map of Craters Of The Moon National Monument
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Weather outlook — at Craters Of The Moon National Monument
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,896 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Craters Of The Moon National MonumentNIFC · 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 Craters Of The Moon National Monument · Bureau of Land Management · ID

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 0 miWDump · 17 miDSinclair · Fuel · 17 miFFood Mart · Grocery · 18 miGPharmacy · 43 miRxAce Hardware - Rancher's Supply · Hardware · 28 miHM&J Motor Co. (Parts Plus) · Mechanic · 22 miMLaundry · 59 miLMinidoka Medical Center · Urgent care · 59 mi+Mail · 18 mi@Bellevue, ID - Tesla Supercharger · EV fast charger · 35 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • WWater0 mi
  • FFuel17 mi
  • DDump17 mi
  • GGrocery18 mi
  • @Mail18 mi
  • MMechanic22 mi
  • HHardware28 mi
  • EVEV fast charger35 mi
  • RxPharmacy43 mi
  • +Urgent care59 mi
  • LLaundry59 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 17 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 35-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 — Craters Of The Moon National Monument

Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
5,896 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.46250, -113.56000
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Craters Of The Moon National Monument · Bureau of Land Management · ID (OpenStreetMap)

  • Nearest townArco · ~17.7 mi
  • Drinking waterDrinking water · ~0.1 mi
  • FuelSinclair · ~16.9 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • Dump station~17.4 mi
  • GroceriesA & A Market · ~17.7 mi
  • Hospital / clinicLost Rivers Medical Center · ~18.0 mi
  • HardwareAce Hardware - Rancher's Supply · ~27.7 mi

EV charging — from Craters Of The Moon National Monument · Bureau of Land Management · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Craters Of The Moon National Monument · Bureau of Land Management · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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Other camps near Craters Of The Moon National Monument

If this one is full, gated or washed out.

Snow, and when this opens

The nearest automatic snow station is Fish Ck at 6,380 ft, about 10 miles away. It sits about 484 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 — Craters Of The Moon National Monument

Source
Bureau of Land Management 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 Craters Of The Moon National Monument

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.

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