Agency-listedBLM · dispersedFree
Lewis And Clark National Historic Trail
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · ID · 46.48833, -116.75250
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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 Lewis And Clark National Historic Trail
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 916 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Lewis And Clark National Historic TrailNIFC · 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 Lewis And Clark National Historic Trail · Bureau of Land Management · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- +Urgent care7 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- MMechanic13 mi
- LLaundry13 mi
- OOutfitter13 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- WWater14 mi
- ShShower17 mi
- PPropane23 mi
- DDump27 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Lewis And Clark National Historic Trail
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
916 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
46.48833, -116.75250
Cost
Free · no fee, per the land manager's own page (blm.gov, read 2026-09-19)
Nearby & resupply — around Lewis And Clark National Historic Trail · Bureau of Land Management · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePotlatch RIver (river) · nearby
- Nearest townArrow / yaxtooyn · ~1.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~12.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~26.8 mi
- GroceriesValley Family Foods · ~6.1 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~13.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicSaint Joseph's Regional Medical Center · ~13.9 mi
- HardwareErb's Ace Hardware · ~13.1 mi
EV charging — from Lewis And Clark National Historic Trail · Bureau of Land Management · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.2 mi straight-line SW — CLRWTR RVR CSNO STATION 2, Lewiston, ID · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach7 within 25 mi · 14 within 50 · 69 within 100 · 133 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)13.6 mi — Lewiston, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Lewiston
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)6.6 mi — CLRWTR RVR CSNO NMPH STATION, Lapwai, ID · 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 186704 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lewis And Clark National Historic Trail · Bureau of Land Management · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomBLDG Comfort Station Picnic Area Spalding · ~4.0 mi SW · NPS
- RestroomBLDG Visitor Center Spal · ~4.4 mi SW · NPS
- Highway rest areaLenore · ~9.2 mi E
- Vault / pit toiletMann's Lake Vault Restroom Building · ~9.7 mi SW · BoR
Coming out here — Lewis And Clark National Historic Trail · Bureau of Land Management · ID
- Surface water mapped nearby: Potlatch RIver (river). That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Lewis And Clark National Historic Trail elsewhere
Other camps near Lewis And Clark National Historic Trail
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Little Boulder Campground~24.0 mi · fee
How we know this — Lewis And Clark National Historic Trail
Fee note
No fee, per the BLM page, read 19 Sep 2026: "No fees." https://www.blm.gov/visit/lewis-and-clark-back-country-byway
Source
Bureau of Land Management 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
BLM RIDB record, agency-listed. Its fee field is empty -- no fee statement -- so the cost is unpriced (field read 2026-09-19). Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up). | No fee 2026-09-19: "No fees." Source: https://www.blm.gov/visit/lewis-and-clark-back-country-byway (worker_W, statement verified on that 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 Lewis And Clark National Historic Trail
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 — Lewis And Clark National Historic Trail
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Cold-weather camping →Off-grid communication →All field notes →
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