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Heller Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 47.06482, -115.21863
We haven't personally camped here. Everything below is pulled from public land data, USGS maps and OpenStreetMap — a real place on U.S. Forest Service land, but not field-checked by us. Confirm road conditions, current access, stay limits and fire restrictions before you go.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,713 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · 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 camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel17 mi
- GGrocery17 mi
- @Mail17 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- DDump21 mi
- HHardware31 mi
- WWater43 mi
- OOutfitter43 mi
- LLaundry44 mi
- MMechanic44 mi
- ShShower51 mi
- +Urgent care54 mi
- PPropane55 mi
- AAir-up59 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 43-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 17 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,713 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
47.06482, -115.21863
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBlackburn Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townOlsons · ~6.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationDump station · ~21.1 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~17.0 mi
- PharmacyMineral Pharmacy · ~17.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicshiplu factory · ~3.8 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHeller Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRed Ives - Visitor Info · ~6.3 mi W · USFS
- Flush restroomRed Ives - Cabin Rental · ~6.3 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLine Creek Stock Camp · ~6.4 mi W · USFS
Open this spot elsewhere
Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Missoula Lake Campground~4.9 mi
- Cedarcreek-008~5.8 mi
- St. Joe Lodge Basecamp~6.4 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #195~6.4 mi
The unit that manages this camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this
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
Field check
Not verified on the ground. Nobody from here has camped it. It stays at Likely until someone does.
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres 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
Before you go
Your first dispersed night →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →Power off-grid →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →