Agency-listedUSFSFeeOpen todayRoad season: open (MVUM)
Pine Flats Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 44.06645, -115.68189
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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.
Can I go now? — Pine Flats Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
Open today Season May 31 – Sep 30. Closes after Sep 30.
U.S. Forest Service record: “End of May - End of September” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Pine Flats Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 024F (Pine Flat Campground), 10 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as asphalt surface and maintenance level 3 – suitable for passenger cars.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 024F (Pine Flat Campground), 10 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles Apr 16 – Nov 30. That season ends after Nov 30.
MVUM record for FR 024F (Pine Flat Campground): “04/16-11/30” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Pine Flats Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,775 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Pine Flats 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 Flats Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- FFuel13 mi
- @Mail13 mi
- GGrocery14 mi
- HHardware35 mi
- MMechanic36 mi
- RxPharmacy36 mi
- LLaundry36 mi
- OOutfitter36 mi
- ShShower38 mi
- +Urgent care40 mi
- AAir-up41 mi
- EVEV fast charger42 mi
- DDump51 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 13 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 42-mi run (and back).
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 Flats Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,775 ft
Ground slope
6.7% · gentle
State
ID
Coordinates
44.06645, -115.68189
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Pine Flats Campground · Boise National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePine Flat Creek · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townLowman · ~3.2 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~0.1 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~12.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesChevron · ~13.5 mi
EV charging — from Pine Flats Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger42.1 mi straight-line SW — Boise, ID - North Orchard Street - 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. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 13 within 50 · 37 within 100 · 58 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS43.1 mi — AAA OR ID AAA-BOI3, Boise
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO43.1 mi — AAA OR ID AAA-BOI3, Boise
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)35.8 mi — Stanley RV and Camp (at a campground) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-10-13 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Fairly Reliable Bob's, Boise, 40.7 mi · J1772 · hours: Dealership business hours; customer and service center use 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 313094 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Pine Flats Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPine Flats Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDeadwood Campground · ~1.5 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDeadwood River Access Site · ~1.5 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMountain View Campground · ~4.0 mi E · USFS
Coming out here — Pine Flats Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Pine Flat Creek as a perennial stream, ~0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 6.7% — gentle. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- 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.
Open Pine Flats Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Pine Flats Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Deadwood Campground~1.5 mi · fee
- Mountain View Campground~4.0 mi · fee
- Park Creek Campground~6.1 mi · fee
- Whoop-Um-Up Equestrian Camp~7.6 mi · fee
The unit that manages Pine Flats Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Pine Flats Campground are set by Boise National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Mores Creek Summit at 6,090 ft, about 9 miles away. It sits about 2,315 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 Flats Campground
Open season
End of May - End of September
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-22: the two agency channels disagree -- the Boise NF page says $15 per night single site and $30 double, while the camp's recreation.gov listing (id 232312, listed as PINE FLATS (ID), 0.16 mi from this pin) charges $20 per standard site and $40 for the larger site for the current 2026-05-19 to 2026-09-07 season. Budget for $20. Sources: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/boise/recreation/pine-flats-campground (page last updated July 16, 2026) and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232312. || Water: Boise National Forest's own site page for Pine Flats Campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/boise/recreation/pine-flats-campground (read 2026-08-24; page "Last updated" July 16, 2026), "Facility and Amenity Information > Water": "Potable water is available at this site.". Corroborated by the USFS EDW Recreation Sites layer (apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0, re-queried live 2026-08-24 for SITE_ID 6289 / MANAGING_ORG 040205), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "Handpump Drinking Water". Page "Seasons of Use": "End of May - End of September" -- that is the season of the SITE, not a statement about when the water is turned on. recreation.gov facility 232312 ("PINE FLATS (ID)") publishes no amenity list, so it neither confirms nor contradicts this. Channels agree; nightshift fire 1680.
Season
Read from the agency's own season / closure text in this record (data/conditions.py) and checked against the calendar. The words we read are printed under the verdict at the top of the page.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Flats 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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 Flats Campground
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dumping grey & black →Getting unstuck →All field notes →