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Johnson Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 43.93965, -115.28404
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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 Johnson Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,580 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Johnson Creek 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 Johnson Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel14 mi
- WWater22 mi
- GGrocery23 mi
- LLaundry23 mi
- ShShower23 mi
- @Mail29 mi
- DDump40 mi
- +Urgent care48 mi
- RxPharmacy49 mi
- OOutfitter50 mi
- MMechanic51 mi
- HHardware51 mi
- EVEV fast charger53 mi
- AAir-up54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 14 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 53-mi run (and back).
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 — Johnson Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,580 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.93965, -115.28404
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Johnson Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureJohnson Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townAtlanta · ~12.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesMountain Village Mercantile · ~25.9 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
EV charging — from Johnson Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger53.0 mi straight-line SW — Boise, ID - North Orchard Street - Tesla Supercharger (at a restaurant) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 38 within 100 · 54 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS54.3 mi — AAA OR ID AAA-BOI3, Boise
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO54.3 mi — AAA OR ID AAA-BOI3, Boise
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)23.2 mi — Redfish Lake Lodge, Stanley, ID (at a campground) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-10-13 · 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 313094 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Johnson Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletJohnson Creek Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGraham Guard Station Rental Cabin · ~1.1 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDeer Park Rental Cabin · ~6.1 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletQueens River Trailhead · ~8.3 mi SE · USFS
Open Johnson Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Johnson Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Graham Bridge Cg~1.7 mi
- Queens River Campground~9.0 mi
- Riverside Campground~11.8 mi
- Willow Creek Campground~12.4 mi
The unit that manages Johnson Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Johnson Creek 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 Graham Guard Sta. at 5,690 ft, about a mile 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 — Johnson Creek Campground
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 Johnson Creek 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 — Johnson Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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