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Lower O'Brien Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 44.25651, -114.69331
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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 Lower O'Brien Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,890 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Lower O'Brien CgNIFC · 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 Lower O'Brien Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel11 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- LLaundry13 mi
- ShShower13 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- RxPharmacy29 mi
- +Urgent care29 mi
- DDump32 mi
- WWater43 mi
- EVEV fast charger54 mi
- MMechanic57 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 43-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 11 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 54-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 — Lower O'Brien Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,890 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
44.25651, -114.69331
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Lower O'Brien Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townStanley · ~12.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~11.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesOld sawmill Station · ~11.2 mi
- PharmacyBengal Pharmacy · ~29.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicChallis Area Health Clinic · ~29.1 mi
EV charging — from Lower O'Brien Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger54.2 mi straight-line S — Hailey, ID (at a public site) · RIVIAN_ADVENTURE · CCS · 6 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 · none within 50 · 23 within 100 · 71 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)58.1 mi — Bellevue, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Bellevue
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO54.4 mi — ANNEX EVCS BLAINE COUNTY 1, Hailey
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)13.4 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 398508 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lower O'Brien Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLower O'Brien Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletIndian Riffles · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUpper O'Brien Cg · ~0.2 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletElk Creek Cg · ~1.6 mi NW · USFS
Open Lower O'Brien Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Lower O'Brien Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Upper O'Brien Cg~0.2 mi · fee
- Stovepipe Springs Dispersed Campground~0.8 mi
- Dutchman Flat Dispersed Campground~1.5 mi
- Elk Creek Cg~1.6 mi
The unit that manages Lower O'Brien Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Lower O'Brien Cg are set by Sawtooth National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Lower O'Brien Cg
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 2026-08-22: $22 per night single family per camp unit, $44 double family (two vehicles), $11 second vehicle, $11 with a Senior or Access pass. Taken from the Sawtooth NRA's own campground-by-campground fee schedule, reading the Lower O'Brien row (Upper O'Brien is a separate campground listed at the same rates). The camp's recreation.gov listing (id 10165430, 0.001 mi) publishes no current rate. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/sawtooth/recreation/sawtooth-national-recreation-area-fees-policies (schedule last updated August 12, 2025 -- older than most forest pages).
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 Lower O'Brien Cg
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 — Lower O'Brien Cg
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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