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Fish Lake Camp
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 46.82026, -114.91057
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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 Fish Lake Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,911 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Fish Lake CampNIFC · 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 Fish Lake Camp · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump19 mi
- FFuel23 mi
- GGrocery23 mi
- WWater24 mi
- @Mail24 mi
- EVEV fast charger26 mi
- RxPharmacy26 mi
- LLaundry35 mi
- ShShower37 mi
- MMechanic38 mi
- HHardware39 mi
- +Urgent care40 mi
- OOutfitter41 mi
- AAir-up43 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 24-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 23 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 — Fish Lake Camp
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,911 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
46.82026, -114.91057
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Fish Lake Camp · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureFish Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townTarkio · ~16.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~19.1 mi
- Groceriesnone within 30 mi
- PharmacyMineral Pharmacy · ~25.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicMineral Community Hospital · ~25.3 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
EV charging — from Fish Lake Camp · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger25.7 mi straight-line N — Superior, MT - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 10 within 50 · 21 within 100 · 91 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS34.2 mi — St. Regis, MT, St. Regis
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO41.3 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)23.2 mi — Lochsa Lodge, Powell, ID (at a hotel) · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-08-15 · hours: 8am-9pm 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 102264 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Fish Lake Camp · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSchley Trailhead · ~6.8 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletClearwater Crossing Trailhead · ~8.0 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletClearwater Crossing Campground · ~8.0 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDry Saddle · ~10.6 mi S · USFS
Coming out here — Fish Lake Camp · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID
- Surface water mapped nearby: Fish Lake (water). That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Fish Lake Camp elsewhere
Other camps near Fish Lake Camp
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Goose Crk/Lake Creek Camp~5.3 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #830~5.9 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #599~6.5 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #394~7.2 mi
The unit that manages Fish Lake Camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Fish Lake Camp are set by Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Hoodoo Basin at 6,060 ft, about 12 miles away. That is about the height of this camp, so it is a fair proxy. 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 — Fish Lake Camp
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 Fish Lake Camp
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 — Fish Lake Camp
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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