Agency-listedBLM · dispersedFree
Milner Historic Recreation Area
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · ID · 42.52583, -113.99333
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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 Milner Historic Recreation Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,156 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Milner Historic Recreation AreaNIFC · 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 Milner Historic Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel9 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- RxPharmacy11 mi
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- OOutfitter16 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- MMechanic23 mi
- WWater24 mi
- ShShower36 mi
- DDump36 mi
- LLaundry39 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 24-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 9 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 — Milner Historic Recreation Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
4,156 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
42.52583, -113.99333
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Milner Historic Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSnake River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townHazelton · ~8.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~8.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~9.2 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~10.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicCassia Regional Hospital · ~10.8 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~10.2 mi
EV charging — from Milner Historic Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.6 mi straight-line E — Burley, ID - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · 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 reach8 within 25 mi · 10 within 50 · 27 within 100 · 94 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS10.7 mi — Burley, ID, Burley
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO23.9 mi — VOLVO CAR USA TWIN FALLS DC1, Twin Falls
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)10.7 mi — Burley, ID - Rivergate Crossings (at a public site) · RIVIAN_WAYPOINTS · 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 164169 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Milner Historic Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomBoatramp Toilet · at this camp · BLM
- RestroomBicentennial Site Toilet · ~0.2 mi SW · BLM
- RestroomPerch Point Toilet · ~0.6 mi W · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletVault Toilet · ~0.8 mi NE · BLM
Open Milner Historic Recreation Area elsewhere
Other camps near Milner Historic Recreation Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Schipper Cg~19.8 mi
- Steer Basin Cg~21.8 mi · fee
- Lake Cleveland Cg~22.4 mi · fee
- Thompson Flat Cg~23.4 mi · fee
How we know this — Milner Historic Recreation Area
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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Milner Historic Recreation Area
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 — Milner Historic Recreation Area
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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