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Hawley Mountain Wilderness Study Area

Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · ID · 44.08917, -113.32278
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Bureau of Land Management 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
USGS topographic map of Hawley Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Hawley Mountain Wilderness Study Area
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Weather outlook — at Hawley Mountain Wilderness Study Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,735 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Hawley Mountain Wilderness Study AreaNIFC · 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 Hawley Mountain Wilderness Study Area · Bureau of Land Management · ID

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 45 miWFree Dumping Station · Dump · 32 miDFuel · 19 miFGrocery · 19 miGBengal Pharmacy · Pharmacy · 53 miRxLaundry · Laundry · 52 miLChallis Area Health Clinic · Urgent care · 53 mi+United States Post Office · Mail · 19 mi@Lima, MT - Tesla Supercharger · EV fast charger · 52 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • @Mail19 mi
  • FFuel19 mi
  • GGrocery19 mi
  • DDump32 mi
  • WWater45 mi
  • EVEV fast charger52 mi
  • LLaundry52 mi
  • RxPharmacy53 mi
  • +Urgent care53 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is a real 45-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 19 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 52-mi run (and back).

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 — Hawley Mountain Wilderness Study Area

Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
7,735 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
44.08917, -113.32278
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Hawley Mountain Wilderness Study Area · Bureau of Land Management · ID (OpenStreetMap)

  • Nearest townLeslie · ~17.0 mi
  • Drinking waternone within 10 mi
  • FuelFuel · ~18.8 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • GroceriesSammy's · ~18.8 mi
  • Hospital / clinicLost Rivers Medical Center · ~31.1 mi

EV charging — from Hawley Mountain Wilderness Study Area · Bureau of Land Management · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Hawley Mountain Wilderness Study Area · Bureau of Land Management · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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Other camps near Hawley Mountain Wilderness Study Area

If this one is full, gated or washed out.

Snow, and when this opens

The nearest automatic snow station is Hilts Creek at 8,090 ft, about 9 miles away. It sits about 355 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 — Hawley Mountain Wilderness Study Area

Source
Bureau of Land Management 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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Hawley Mountain Wilderness Study Area

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.

Before you go — Hawley Mountain Wilderness Study Area

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