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Granite Springs
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 45.72512, -115.12890
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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 Granite Springs
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,658 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Granite SpringsNIFC · 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 Granite Springs · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- +Urgent care17 mi
- WWater20 mi
- GGrocery44 mi
- @Mail48 mi
- MMechanic49 mi
- FFuel49 mi
- OOutfitter50 mi
- HHardware50 mi
- RxPharmacy50 mi
- EVEV fast charger50 mi
- LLaundry59 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 44 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 50-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Dump, 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 — Granite Springs
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,658 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
45.72512, -115.12890
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Granite Springs · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePorcupine Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townElk City · ~16.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Groceriesnone within 30 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 Granite Springs · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger49.9 mi straight-line NW — GRANGEVILLE KOOSKIA 1 · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 18 within 100 · 51 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)73.4 mi — MCCALL CHARGEPO MC CHARGE 1, McCall
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)50.2 mi — Super 8 by Wyndham Grangeville - Tesla Destination (at a hotel) · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 3 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- 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 450760 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Granite Springs · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletGranite Springs · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPoet Creek · ~4.5 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBridge Creek · ~5.5 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRed River · ~7.0 mi W · USFS
Open Granite Springs elsewhere
Other camps near Granite Springs
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #459~1.3 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #649~1.5 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #544~2.8 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #576~3.6 mi
The unit that manages Granite Springs
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Granite Springs 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 Mountain Meadows at 6,340 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 318 ft lower 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 — Granite Springs
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 || Water 2026-08-24 (nightshift fire 120): USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse Recreation Sites layer (apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0), extract cached locally as data\_mt_water_edw.json, objectid 2375397, site "GRANITE SPRINGS" (recreation area "GRANITE SPRINGS"), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "No drinking water is available". Matched to this camp on coordinates (0.0008 mi from the agency point). Agency record only -- not field-verified, and no natural water here is claimed to be potable.
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 Granite Springs
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 — Granite Springs
Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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