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Dry Canyon
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 42.05781, -112.14283
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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 Dry Canyon
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,314 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Dry CanyonNIFC · 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 Dry Canyon · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel4 mi
- WWater5 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- LLaundry10 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- RxPharmacy14 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- ShShower23 mi
- AAir-up24 mi
- EVEV fast charger24 mi
- OOutfitter26 mi
- PPropane27 mi
- DDump43 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 4 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 — Dry Canyon
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,314 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
42.05781, -112.14283
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Dry Canyon · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townPortage · ~7.6 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~4.7 mi
- FuelCJ's Travel Stop · ~3.7 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven Propane Exchange · ~26.1 mi
- GroceriesTop Stop · ~10.1 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~19.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicNell J. Redfield Memorial Hospital · ~10.6 mi
- HardwareWard's ACE & Country Store · ~10.1 mi
EV charging — from Dry Canyon · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger24.1 mi straight-line S — Tremonton, UT (at a public site) · RIVIAN_ADVENTURE · CCS · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 18 within 50 · 105 within 100 · 179 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)24.2 mi — Tremonton, UT - Tesla Supercharger, Tremonton
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO24.4 mi — MURDOCK CACHE V LOT WEST, Hyde Park
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)23.1 mi — SCO BEAR RIVER H 1, Tremonton, UT · ChargePoint 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 467823 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Dry Canyon · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletDry Canyon · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletThird Creek Group Area · ~9.3 mi N · USFS
- RestroomNewton Recreation Management Area Restroom- Restroom Building · ~14.0 mi SE · BoR
- RestroomNewton Recreation Management Area Restroom- Restroom Building · ~14.0 mi SE · BoR
Open Dry Canyon elsewhere
Other camps near Dry Canyon
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Third Creek Group Area~9.3 mi · fee
- Heart Mountain Springs Recreation Site~21.2 mi
- Malad Summit~21.3 mi · fee
- High Creek Campground~21.7 mi
The unit that manages Dry Canyon
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Dry Canyon are set by Caribou-Targhee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Clarkston Mountain at 6,690 ft, about 4 miles away. It sits about 376 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 — Dry Canyon
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 Dry Canyon
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 — Dry Canyon
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dumping grey & black →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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