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Poet Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 45.72296, -115.03519
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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 Poet Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,981 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Poet Creek 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 Poet Creek Campground · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater15 mi
- +Urgent care21 mi
- GGrocery46 mi
- FFuel46 mi
- @Mail46 mi
- HHardware47 mi
- MMechanic50 mi
- OOutfitter53 mi
- EVEV fast charger54 mi
- RxPharmacy54 mi
- LLaundry56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 46 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 54-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Dump, 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 — Poet Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,981 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
45.72296, -115.03519
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Poet Creek Campground · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePoet Creek (stream) · nearby
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Groceriesnone within 30 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
EV charging — from Poet Creek Campground · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger53.7 mi straight-line NW — GRANGEVILLE KOOSKIA 1 · 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 reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 16 within 100 · 47 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)76.3 mi — MCCALL CHARGEPO MC CHARGE 1, McCall
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)54.6 mi — Super 8 by Wyndham Grangeville - Tesla Destination (at a hotel) · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 3 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- 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 450760 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Poet Creek Campground · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPoet Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGranite Springs · ~4.5 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBridge Creek · ~9.2 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRed River · ~11.5 mi W · USFS
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Other camps near Poet Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #432~0.1 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #791~0.3 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #9~0.5 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #261~2.4 mi
The unit that manages Poet Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Poet Creek Campground 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 Mountain Meadows at 6,340 ft, about 10 miles away. It sits about 1,359 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 — Poet Creek 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 Poet Creek 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 — Poet Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
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