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Ice Springs Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 43.48322, -115.39695
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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.
Can I go now? — Ice Springs Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
Open today Season May 15 – Sep 30 (about). Closes after Sep 30.
U.S. Forest Service record: “Mid-May - End of September” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-17; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Ice Springs Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,972 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Ice Springs 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 Ice Springs Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- DDump9 mi
- ShShower9 mi
- RxPharmacy28 mi
- EVEV fast charger28 mi
- +Urgent care28 mi
- MMechanic28 mi
- @Mail28 mi
- HHardware28 mi
- WWater32 mi
- LLaundry41 mi
- OOutfitter42 mi
- AAir-up48 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 32-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 4 mi out.
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 — Ice Springs Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,972 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.48322, -115.39695
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Ice Springs Campground · Boise National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWater · nearby
- Nearest townPine · ~4.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~4.3 mi
- Propane / LPGThe Y stop · ~11.6 mi
- Dump station~8.6 mi
- GroceriesNitz Pine Store · ~4.3 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~27.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicSt. Luke's Elmore Medical Center · ~28.1 mi
- HardwareCarr’s Home Center Tru Value · ~28.5 mi
EV charging — from Ice Springs Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger27.6 mi straight-line SW — Walmart 2782 (Mountain Home, ID) · Electrify America · CHAdeMO, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 13 within 50 · 38 within 100 · 51 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)27.8 mi — Mountain Home, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Mountain Home
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)30.9 mi — STAGE STOP BOISE · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports 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 121718 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Ice Springs Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletIce Springs Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPine Snowpark · ~4.3 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFall Creek Boat Ramp · ~4.3 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPine Airport Boat Ramp · ~4.5 mi SE · USFS
Open Ice Springs Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Ice Springs Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Castle Creek Campground~5.0 mi
- Dog Creek Campground~5.6 mi · fee
- Evans Creek Campground~5.9 mi
- Elks Flat Campground~6.3 mi · fee
The unit that manages Ice Springs Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Ice Springs Campground are set by Boise National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Prairie at 4,800 ft, about 9 miles away. That is about the height of this camp, so it is a fair proxy. 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 — Ice Springs Campground
Open season
Mid-May - End of September
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: Boise National Forest's own site page for Ice Springs Campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/boise/recreation/ice-springs-campground (read 2026-08-24; page "Last updated" May 17, 2025), "Facility and Amenity Information > Water": "Potable water is not available at this site.". Corroborated by the USFS EDW Recreation Sites layer (apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0, re-queried live 2026-08-24 for SITE_ID 6110 / MANAGING_ORG 040201), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "No drinking water is available". Page "Seasons of Use": "Mid-May - End of September" -- that is the season of the SITE, not a statement about when the water is turned on. Channels agree; nightshift fire 1680.
Season
Read from the agency's own season / closure text in this record (data/conditions.py) and checked against the calendar. The words we read are printed under the verdict at the top of the page.
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 Ice Springs 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
- 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 — Ice Springs Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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