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Marten Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 47.88224, -115.74786
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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 Marten Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,347 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Marten 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 Marten Creek Campground · Kootenai National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- FFuel20 mi
- HHardware28 mi
- MMechanic29 mi
- EVEV fast charger29 mi
- RxPharmacy30 mi
- LLaundry30 mi
- OOutfitter30 mi
- DDump30 mi
- +Urgent care30 mi
- WWater37 mi
- PPropane50 mi
- ShShower52 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 37-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Marten Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,347 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
47.88224, -115.74786
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Marten Creek Campground · Kootenai National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureMarten Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townTuscor · ~3.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelG & G Riverstop · ~20.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~29.6 mi
- GroceriesMain Street General Store · ~8.0 mi
- PharmacyKohal's · ~29.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicShoshone Medical Center · ~29.2 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~28.5 mi
EV charging — from Marten Creek Campground · Kootenai National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger29.3 mi straight-line SW — 76 Station - Tesla Supercharger, Kellogg, ID (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-07-15 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 4 within 50 · 59 within 100 · 90 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS31.0 mi — Walmart 4249 (Smelterville, ID), Smelterville
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO31.0 mi — Walmart 4249 (Smelterville, ID), Smelterville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)46.9 mi — EstateOnTheLakeBandB.com - Tesla Destination, Dover, ID · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — City of Sandpoint - Tesla Destination, Sandpoint, 45.6 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
Level 2, restricted access — Kootenai River Outfitters Lodge and Cabins, Troy, 28.8 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for guests use only · AFDC lists it “Free” - Pricing at the fast charger$0.55 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 463501 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Marten Creek Campground · Kootenai National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMarten Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMarten Creek Boat Ramp · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletNorth Shore Boat Ramp/Day Use · ~5.5 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletNorth Shore · ~5.6 mi E · USFS
Open Marten Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Marten Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Marten Creek~0.3 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #411~0.7 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #133~1.8 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #222~2.6 mi
The unit that manages Marten Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Marten Creek Campground are set by Kootenai National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Chicago Ridge at 5,700 ft, about 13 miles away. It sits about 3,353 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 — Marten Creek Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there) || Water 2026-08-24 (nightshift fire 120): USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse Recreation Sites layer (apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0), extract cached locally as data\_mt_water_edw.json, objectid 2359935, site "MARTEN CREEK" (recreation area "MARTEN CREEK"), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "No drinking water is available". Matched to this camp on coordinates (0.0127 mi from the agency point). Agency record only -- not field-verified, and no natural water here is claimed to be potable.
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 Marten 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 — Marten Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Picking a spot →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →