Agency-listedUSFSFree
Petit Lake Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 48.63863, -117.08851
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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 Petit Lake Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,923 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Petit Lake 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 Petit Lake Campground · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail6 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- LLaundry11 mi
- DDump12 mi
- EVEV fast charger15 mi
- WWater31 mi
- ShShower31 mi
- MMechanic32 mi
- RxPharmacy32 mi
- OOutfitter34 mi
- +Urgent care34 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 31-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 10 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 — Petit Lake Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,923 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
48.63863, -117.08851
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Petit Lake Campground · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureNuisance Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townNordman · ~6.6 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~16.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~11.9 mi
- GroceriesKorner Market · ~10.4 mi
EV charging — from Petit Lake Campground · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger14.8 mi straight-line W — Tiger Historical Museum, Cusick, WA (at a public site) · RED_E · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 9 within 50 · 51 within 100 · 83 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)65.7 mi — Coeur d'Alene, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Coeur d'Alene
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)10.4 mi — Priest Lake Motorsports, Priest River, ID · NOODOE · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- 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 456457 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Petit Lake Campground · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHanna Flat Interpretive · ~6.9 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletReynolds Creek Group Site · ~8.9 mi SE · USFS
- Flush restroomReeder Bay · ~8.9 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGranite Falls · ~8.9 mi N · USFS
Open Petit Lake Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Petit Lake Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- USFS dispersed camp — WA #14~0.1 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — WA #16~1.1 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — WA #13~1.3 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — WA #6~1.8 mi
The unit that manages Petit Lake Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Petit Lake Campground are set by Idaho Panhandle National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Petit Lake 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.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Petit Lake 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 — Petit Lake Campground
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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