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Iron Bog Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 43.65011, -113.76521
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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.
Can I go now? — Iron Bog Campground · Salmon-Challis National Forest · ID
Open today Season May 25 – Sep 30. Closes after Sep 30.
U.S. Forest Service record: “5/25 - 9/30” 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 Iron Bog Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,175 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Iron Bog 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 Iron Bog Campground · Salmon-Challis National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater16 mi
- GGrocery20 mi
- FFuel20 mi
- @Mail20 mi
- DDump24 mi
- MMechanic26 mi
- EVEV fast charger28 mi
- HHardware28 mi
- RxPharmacy30 mi
- +Urgent care56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 20 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 — Iron Bog Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,175 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.65011, -113.76521
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Iron Bog Campground · Salmon-Challis National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townLost River · ~7.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~19.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~23.5 mi
- GroceriesIvie's IGA Foodliner · ~19.7 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware - Rancher's Supply · ~28.1 mi
EV charging — from Iron Bog Campground · Salmon-Challis National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger27.9 mi straight-line SW — Bellevue, ID - Tesla Supercharger (at a grocery store) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 33 within 100 · 68 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS28.9 mi — ANNEX EVCS BLAINE COUNTY 1, Hailey
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO28.9 mi — ANNEX EVCS BLAINE COUNTY 1, Hailey
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)27.9 mi — SILVER CREEK HOTEL BELLEVUE · 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 405686 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Iron Bog Campground · Salmon-Challis National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletIron Bog Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCopper Creek · ~8.7 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMormon Hill Trailhead · ~9.6 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLake Creek Trailhead & Campground · ~10.7 mi NW · USFS
Open Iron Bog Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Iron Bog Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Friedman Creek Wilderness Study Area~6.5 mi
- Copper Creek~8.7 mi
- White Knob Mountains Wilderness Study Area~10.0 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead & Campground~10.7 mi · fee
The unit that manages Iron Bog Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Iron Bog Campground are set by Salmon-Challis National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Smiley Mountain at 9,540 ft, about 6 miles away. It sits about 2,365 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 — Iron Bog Campground
Open season
5/25 - 9/30
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-21: $10 per night, single site. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/salmon-challis/recreation/iron-bog-campground (Salmon-Challis NF page, last updated July 17, 2026). || Water: Salmon-Challis National Forest's own site page for Iron Bog Campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/salmon-challis/recreation/iron-bog-campground (read 2026-08-24; page "Last updated" July 17, 2026), "Facility and Amenity Information > Water": "Potable water is 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 42270 / MANAGING_ORG 041304), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "Yes, drinking water is available from a hand pump". Page "Seasons of Use": "5/25 - 9/30" -- that is the season of the SITE, not a statement about when the water is turned on. The parenthetical in the value is the page's own sentence, verified present on the live page at write time: "There is one hand pump (during summer months) and two accessible restrooms." No natural water anywhere near this site is claimed to be potable. Agency record only -- not field-verified. Nightshift fire 1680 (Idaho batch 2).
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 Iron Bog 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 — Iron Bog Campground
Winter vs summer roads →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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