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Deer Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 43.52881, -114.50191
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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 Deer Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,030 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Deer Creek 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 Deer Creek Campground · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel9 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- WWater9 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- @Mail13 mi
- +Urgent care20 mi
- HHardware27 mi
- DDump46 mi
- ShShower46 mi
- LLaundry48 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 9 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 — Deer Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,030 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.52881, -114.50191
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Deer Creek Campground · Sawtooth National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureDeer Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townClarendon Hot Springs · ~4.8 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~9.2 mi
- FuelChevron · ~9.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesAlbertsons · ~9.0 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~12.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicSt Luke's Wood River Medical Center · ~11.3 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware - Rancher's Supply · ~26.6 mi
EV charging — from Deer Creek Campground · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.3 mi straight-line E — 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 reach3 within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 30 within 100 · 70 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)12.4 mi — Bellevue, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Bellevue
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO9.5 mi — ANNEX EVCS BLAINE COUNTY 1, Hailey
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)9.1 mi — Fairfield Inn and Suites Hailey Sun Valley · 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 398508 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Deer Creek Campground · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletGreenhorn Trailhead · ~6.2 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPenny Lake Picnic Area · ~11.6 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBaker Lake Trailhead · ~13.5 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomMoonstone Toilet · ~13.8 mi S · BLM
Open Deer Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Deer Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- BLM dispersed camp — Blaine County, ID~13.8 mi
- Five Points Cg~15.8 mi
- Boundary~16.0 mi · fee
- Pioneer Cg~16.7 mi
The unit that manages Deer Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Deer Creek Campground are set by Sawtooth National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Dollarhide Summit at 8,390 ft, about 10 miles away. It sits about 2,360 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 — Deer Creek Campground
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Deer Creek 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 — Deer Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
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