Agency-listedBLM · dispersedUnpriced · confirm
Popcorn Island
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · ID · 47.52528, -116.56833
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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 Popcorn Island
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,173 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Popcorn IslandNIFC · 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 Popcorn Island · Bureau of Land Management · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery5 mi
- FFuel7 mi
- ShShower11 mi
- DDump11 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- OOutfitter14 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- PPropane15 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- WWater16 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 mi out.
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 — Popcorn Island
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
2,173 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
47.52528, -116.56833
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Popcorn Island · Bureau of Land Management · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCoeur d'Alene River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townLane · ~2.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelRose Lake General Store · ~6.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~15.2 mi
- GroceriesJunction Quick Stop · ~6.7 mi
- PharmacyKootenai Clinic Cancer Services Pharmacy (Specialty Pharmacy) · ~15.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicApogee Physicians · ~14.1 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~14.9 mi
EV charging — from Popcorn Island · Bureau of Land Management · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger16.5 mi straight-line NW — Coeur d'Alene, ID - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 14 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 reach5 within 25 mi · 40 within 50 · 73 within 100 · 104 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS17.9 mi — Walmart 4249 (Smelterville, ID), Smelterville
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO17.9 mi — Walmart 4249 (Smelterville, ID), Smelterville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)14.3 mi — The Coeur D'Alene Resort - Tesla Destination (at a hotel) · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 4 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 102148 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Popcorn Island · Bureau of Land Management · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomKillarney Popcorn Island - Floating Toilet · at this camp · BLM
- RestroomKillarney Picnic Site - Floating Toilet · ~0.4 mi E · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletKillarney Boat Launch - Vault Toilet · ~0.9 mi SE · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletMedimont · ~3.5 mi S · USFS
Open Popcorn Island elsewhere
Other camps near Popcorn Island
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #574~2.4 mi
- Rd 614 Site 5~2.5 mi
- Rd 614 Site 4~2.8 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #718~3.5 mi
How we know this — Popcorn Island
Source
Bureau of Land Management 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
BLM RIDB record, agency-listed. Its fee field is empty -- no fee statement -- so the cost is unpriced (field read 2026-09-19). Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Popcorn Island
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 — Popcorn Island
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Cold-weather camping →Off-grid communication →All field notes →
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