Agency-listedBLM · dispersedFree
North Fork Owyhee Wilderness Area
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · ID · 42.61194, -116.78917
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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 North Fork Owyhee Wilderness Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,874 ft.
Fire & smoke — around North Fork Owyhee Wilderness 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 North Fork Owyhee Wilderness Area · Bureau of Land Management · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail28 mi
- FFuel28 mi
- EVEV fast charger28 mi
- GGrocery43 mi
- LLaundry44 mi
- WWater50 mi
- +Urgent care54 mi
- DDump55 mi
- PPropane55 mi
- HHardware55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 50-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 28 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 — North Fork Owyhee Wilderness Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
5,874 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
42.61194, -116.78917
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around North Fork Owyhee Wilderness Area · Bureau of Land Management · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureDons Creek (stream) · nearby
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~28.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesRanch Hand Hardware & Mercantile · ~28.4 mi
EV charging — from North Fork Owyhee Wilderness Area · Bureau of Land Management · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger28.5 mi straight-line NW — Jordan Valley, OR - 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. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 1 within 50 · 30 within 100 · 56 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS67.3 mi — Walmart 2782 (Mountain Home, ID), Mountain Home
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO67.3 mi — Walmart 2782 (Mountain Home, ID), Mountain Home
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)64.6 mi — Ridley’s Family Markets - Tesla Destination, Kuna, ID · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- 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 390515 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around North Fork Owyhee Wilderness Area · Bureau of Land Management · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomNorth Fork Owyhee Toilet · ~9.9 mi W · BLM
- RestroomThree Forks Toilet · ~19.7 mi W · BLM
- RestroomPoison Creek Toilet · ~26.9 mi E · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletSilver City Campground Vault Toilet 2 · ~28.0 mi N · BLM
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Other camps near North Fork Owyhee Wilderness Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- North Fork Owyhee River~9.8 mi
- Pole Creek Wilderness Area~12.2 mi
- Dickshooter Creek Wild And Scenic River~18.3 mi
- Deep Creek Wild And Scenic River~20.3 mi
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Mud Flat at 5,750 ft, about 12 miles 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 — North Fork Owyhee Wilderness 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 North Fork Owyhee Wilderness 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 — North Fork Owyhee Wilderness Area
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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