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Huckleberry Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 48.30801, -116.26154
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. 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 Huckleberry Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,045 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Huckleberry CampgroundNIFC · 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 Huckleberry Campground · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- +Urgent care13 mi
- OOutfitter13 mi
- EVEV fast charger13 mi
- @Mail13 mi
- RxPharmacy14 mi
- LLaundry26 mi
- WWater27 mi
- DDump28 mi
- ShShower37 mi
- PPropane50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 27-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Huckleberry Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,045 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
48.30801, -116.26154
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Huckleberry Campground · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureTrestle Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townHope · ~4.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelChevron · ~11.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesPack River General Store · ~7.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicBonner County Hospital · ~13.4 mi
- HardwareTrue Value · ~19.9 mi
EV charging — from Huckleberry Campground · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger13.0 mi straight-line W — TAYLOR & SONS CHEVROLET, Ponderay, ID · EV Connect · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 6 within 50 · 60 within 100 · 88 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)48.2 mi — Coeur d'Alene, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Coeur d'Alene
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO27.0 mi — V.C. STATION BF FAST CHARGER, Bonners Ferry
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)13.1 mi — Best Western Plus, Ponderay, ID (at a hotel) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-11-13 · 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 302440 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Huckleberry Campground · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLunch Peak Lookout · ~5.6 mi NE · USFS
- Flush restroomSam Owen · ~6.2 mi S · USFS
- Flush restroomSam Owen · ~6.3 mi S · USFS
- Flush restroomSam Owen Boat Dock · ~6.4 mi S · USFS
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Other camps near Huckleberry Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Huckleberry~1.3 mi
- Upper Lightning -16B~3.4 mi
- Upper Lightning 1C~4.3 mi
- Upper Lightning 2~4.6 mi
The unit that manages Huckleberry Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Huckleberry Campground are set by Idaho Panhandle National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Bear Mountain at 5,460 ft, about 9 miles away. It sits about 2,415 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 — Huckleberry Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Huckleberry Campground
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 — Huckleberry Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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