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Horse Camp (Palouse)
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 46.95747, -116.57501
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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 Horse Camp (Palouse)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,838 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Horse Camp (Palouse)NIFC · 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 Horse Camp (Palouse) · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail8 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- PPropane11 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- WWater19 mi
- LLaundry25 mi
- MMechanic25 mi
- RxPharmacy25 mi
- OOutfitter26 mi
- +Urgent care26 mi
- DDump29 mi
- ShShower45 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 11 mi out.
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 — Horse Camp (Palouse)
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,838 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
46.95747, -116.57501
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Horse Camp (Palouse) · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePalouse River (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townHarvard · ~7.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelDeary Tire · ~10.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~28.9 mi
- GroceriesWhite Pine Foods · ~11.0 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~25.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicGritman Medical Center · ~25.6 mi
- HardwareDeary Lawn, Saw, and Hardware · ~11.0 mi
EV charging — from Horse Camp (Palouse) · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.9 mi straight-line S — (The Pie Safe) - Deary, ID - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-04-21 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 13 within 50 · 68 within 100 · 134 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO39.3 mi — CLRWTR RVR CSNO STATION 2, Lewiston
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)23.8 mi — City of Palouse - Heritage Park · FLO · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours 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 449187 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Horse Camp (Palouse) · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLaird Park Campground · ~3.5 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLaird Park Ponderosa Picnic Area · ~3.6 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLaird Park Monument Picnic Area · ~3.6 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBald Mountain Lookout · ~5.2 mi N · USFS
Open Horse Camp (Palouse) elsewhere
Other camps near Horse Camp (Palouse)
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Pal767Rd-011~1.7 mi
- Pal767Rd-008~2.2 mi
- Pal767Crd-004~2.4 mi
- Pal767Rd-005~2.5 mi
The unit that manages Horse Camp (Palouse)
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Horse Camp (Palouse) 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 Sherwin at 3,190 ft, about 11 miles away. It sits about 352 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 — Horse Camp (Palouse)
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 Horse Camp (Palouse)
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 — Horse Camp (Palouse)
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →How to read this page →All field notes →
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