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Falls Group Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 43.43161, -111.35571
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. 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 Falls Group Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,282 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Falls Group 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 Falls Group Campground · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel2 mi
- GGrocery2 mi
- MMechanic17 mi
- @Mail17 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- ShShower22 mi
- HHardware23 mi
- EVEV fast charger24 mi
- RxPharmacy25 mi
- LLaundry25 mi
- OOutfitter25 mi
- WWater28 mi
- AAir-up30 mi
- DDump31 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 28-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 2 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 — Falls Group Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,282 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.43161, -111.35571
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Falls Group Campground · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townSwan Valley · ~1.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~1.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesRainey Creek · ~1.6 mi
- PharmacyBroulim's Pharmacy · ~24.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicTeton Therapy · ~17.1 mi
- HardwareAce · ~23.4 mi
EV charging — from Falls Group Campground · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger23.5 mi straight-line NE — Driggs Community Center (at a parking lot) · Non-Networked · CHAdeMO, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-07-11 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 13 within 50 · 30 within 100 · 62 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)28.2 mi — Jackson, WY - Tesla Supercharger, Jackson
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)17.5 mi — THE LARKSPUR LARKSPUR EV#4D, Victor, ID · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast charger$0.48 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 349556 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Falls Group Campground · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletFalls Group Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFalls Campground · ~0.2 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSpring Creek Boat Ramp · ~2.4 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletConant Valley Boat Access - Vault Toilet - 2 (Women) · ~4.2 mi NW · BLM
Open Falls Group Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Falls Group Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Falls Campground~0.2 mi · fee
- Palisades Creek~7.5 mi · fee
- South Fork Of The Snake~9.7 mi
- Riverside Park Cg &Day Use Area~9.8 mi · fee
The unit that manages Falls Group Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Falls Group Campground 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 Pine Creek Pass at 6,710 ft, about 12 miles away. It sits about 1,428 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 — Falls Group 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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-26: $60 per night for the group site, current season 2026-05-22 to 2026-09-06. This pin is the group site of Falls Campground on the Palisades Ranger District -- the forest describes it as one group site that can accommodate up to 150 people within that campground, and the USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse carries FALLS GROUP CAMPGROUND as its own record 0.245 mi from FALLS CAMPGROUND. The Caribou-Targhee has no separate page for the group site, and the Falls Campground page publishes no rate of its own -- it says only 'For current fees, please go to Recreation.gov' -- so the figure comes from the camp's recreation.gov listing (id 232212, FALLS CAMPGROUND, 0.346 mi from this pin), whose group standard non-electric rate is $60. That same listing prices an ordinary standard site at $20 and a double at $40. Interagency Senior and Access pass holders get 50 percent off single sites only, not the group site. Sources: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232212 and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/caribou-targhee/recreation/falls-campground (page last updated June 30, 2026).
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 Falls Group 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 — Falls Group Campground
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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