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Pine Bar Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 42.97235, -111.21030
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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 Pine Bar Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,333 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Pine Bar 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 Pine Bar Campground · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail8 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- DDump11 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- OOutfitter16 mi
- LLaundry16 mi
- ShShower16 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- RxPharmacy17 mi
- EVEV fast charger22 mi
- WWater42 mi
- AAir-up43 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 42-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 11 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 — Pine Bar Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,333 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
42.97235, -111.21030
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Pine Bar Campground · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLau Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townFreedom · ~8.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelMaverik · ~11.2 mi
- Propane / LPGFerrellgas Etna · ~10.4 mi
- Dump station~11.2 mi
- GroceriesMaverik Adventure's First Stop · ~11.2 mi
- PharmacyBroulim's Pharmacy · ~16.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicStar Valley Health Alpine Clinic · ~16.8 mi
- HardwareThayne True Value Hardware & Variety · ~11.4 mi
EV charging — from Pine Bar Campground · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger22.0 mi straight-line SE — BATTERY PARK 1, Afton, WY · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 37 within 100 · 81 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)39.9 mi — Jackson, WY - Tesla Supercharger, Jackson
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)29.8 mi — Caribou Ford, Soda Springs, ID · Blink Network · J1772 · 3 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 236938 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Pine Bar Campground · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPine Bar · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGravel Creek · ~8.9 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCaribou Guard Station · ~13.5 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletStump Creek Guard Station · ~14.0 mi SE · USFS
Open Pine Bar Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Pine Bar Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Tincup~5.9 mi
- Gravel Creek~8.9 mi · fee
- Salt River-Diversion PAA — Diversion~12.4 mi
- Mill Canyon~13.6 mi · fee
The unit that manages Pine Bar Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Pine Bar Campground are set by Caribou-Targhee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Somsen Ranch at 6,830 ft, about 8 miles away. It sits about 497 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 — Pine Bar 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 Pine Bar 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 — Pine Bar Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →How to read this page →All field notes →
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