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Pioneer Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 43.49051, -114.83111
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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 Pioneer Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,842 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Pioneer CgNIFC · 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 Pioneer Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery8 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- WWater25 mi
- EVEV fast charger26 mi
- RxPharmacy27 mi
- MMechanic28 mi
- DDump29 mi
- ShShower29 mi
- HHardware40 mi
- LLaundry46 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 25-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Pioneer Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,842 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.49051, -114.83111
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Pioneer Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSoldier Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townFairfield · ~10.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~10.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~29.0 mi
- GroceriesSmoky Bar Store · ~8.5 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~26.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicSt Luke's Wood River Medical Center · ~26.5 mi
EV charging — from Pioneer Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger25.9 mi straight-line E — Hailey, ID (at a public site) · RIVIAN_ADVENTURE · CCS · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 4 within 50 · 36 within 100 · 67 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)28.3 mi — Bellevue, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Bellevue
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO26.0 mi — ANNEX EVCS BLAINE COUNTY 1, Hailey
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)25.7 mi — Fairfield Inn and Suites Hailey Sun Valley · Blink Network · J1772 · 2 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 398508 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Pioneer Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPioneer Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFive Points Cg · ~3.6 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBowns Cg · ~8.4 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Hole · ~9.3 mi NW · USFS
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Other camps near Pioneer Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Five Points Cg~3.6 mi
- Bowns Cg~8.4 mi · fee
- Canyon Cg~9.6 mi · fee
- Baumgartner Cg~14.6 mi · fee
The unit that manages Pioneer Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Pioneer Cg are set by Sawtooth National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Soldier R.S. at 5,780 ft, less than a mile 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 — Pioneer Cg
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Pioneer Cg
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 — Pioneer Cg
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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