Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Pal789Rd_01A
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 46.92387, -116.40448
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service 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 Pal789Rd_01A
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,926 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Pal789Rd_01ANIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 Pal789Rd_01A · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail9 mi
- PPropane11 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- WWater25 mi
- LLaundry28 mi
- DDump28 mi
- MMechanic30 mi
- RxPharmacy31 mi
- OOutfitter31 mi
- +Urgent care32 mi
- ShShower50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 25-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 11 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 — Pal789Rd_01A
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
2,926 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
46.92387, -116.40448
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Pal789Rd_01A · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePotlatch River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townBovill · ~4.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelCrossroads (Exxon) · ~11.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~28.0 mi
- GroceriesWhite Pine Foods · ~11.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicClearwater Valley Hospital · ~31.0 mi
- HardwareDeary Lawn, Saw, and Hardware · ~11.3 mi
EV charging — from Pal789Rd_01A · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.3 mi straight-line SW — (The Pie Safe) - Deary, ID - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-04-21 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 12 within 50 · 68 within 100 · 133 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO41.2 mi — CLRWTR RVR CSNO STATION 2, Lewiston
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)31.7 mi — City of Palouse - Heritage Park · FLO · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — PCEI Nature Center - Tesla Destination, Moscow, 30.3 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 449187 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Pal789Rd_01A · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletEmerald Creek · ~6.9 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCedar Creek Cg And Picnic Site · ~10.3 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPotlatch Canyon Trailhead · ~10.7 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBald Mountain Lookout · ~10.9 mi NW · USFS
Coming out here — Pal789Rd_01A · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · 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.
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If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Pal789Rd_02~0.4 mi
- Pal377Rd_01~0.5 mi
- Pal4700Rd_02~2.5 mi
- Pal4700Rd_05~2.6 mi
The unit that manages Pal789Rd_01A
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Pal789Rd_01A are set by Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Sherwin at 3,190 ft, about 4 miles away. It sits about 264 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 — Pal789Rd_01A
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
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 Pal789Rd_01A
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 — Pal789Rd_01A
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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