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Porcupine Springs Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 42.16671, -114.26011
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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? — Porcupine Springs Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Open today Opened May 1; the record gives no closing date.
U.S. Forest Service record: “May” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-17; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Porcupine Springs Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,937 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Porcupine Springs 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 Porcupine Springs Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel17 mi
- GGrocery17 mi
- @Mail25 mi
- MMechanic28 mi
- WWater28 mi
- HHardware28 mi
- OOutfitter28 mi
- +Urgent care29 mi
- RxPharmacy30 mi
- EVEV fast charger31 mi
- ShShower32 mi
- DDump32 mi
- LLaundry39 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 28-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 17 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 31-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 — Porcupine Springs Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,937 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
42.16671, -114.26011
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Porcupine Springs Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair Rogerson · ~17.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesRogerson Service · ~17.4 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~29.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicVA Clinic · ~28.8 mi
- HardwareGrover's Pay and Pack · ~27.9 mi
EV charging — from Porcupine Springs Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger31.0 mi straight-line N — L172 PL1 TWIN FALLS · ChargePoint Network · CCS · 2 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 · 10 within 50 · 22 within 100 · 89 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)31.4 mi — Twin Falls, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Twin Falls
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO31.3 mi — VOLVO CAR USA TWIN FALLS DC1, Twin Falls
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)20.6 mi — Buster's Restaurant & Saloon and RV Park - Tesla Destination, Hollister, ID (at a restaurant) · 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 434725 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Porcupine Springs Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPorcupine Springs Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPorcupine Trailhead · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPorcupine Springs Family Campground Loop D · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDiamondfield Jack Cg · ~0.9 mi W · USFS
Open Porcupine Springs Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Porcupine Springs Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Porcupine Springs Family Campground Loop D~0.1 mi · fee
- Diamondfield Jack Cg~0.9 mi · fee
- Pettit Cg~1.5 mi · fee
- Upper Penstemon Cg~2.3 mi · fee
The unit that manages Porcupine Springs Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Porcupine Springs 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 Magic Mountain at 6,940 ft, about 2 miles 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 — Porcupine Springs Cg
Open season
May
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. || Water: Sawtooth National Forest's own site page for Porcupine Springs Campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/sawtooth/recreation/porcupine-springs-campground (read 2026-08-24; page "Last updated" April 8, 2025), "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 07833 / MANAGING_ORG 041401), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "Yes, drinking water is available from faucets". Page "Seasons of Use": "May" -- that is the season of the SITE, not a statement about when the water is turned on. No natural water anywhere near this site is claimed to be potable. Agency record only -- not field-verified. Nightshift fire 1680 (Idaho batch 2). | Fee 2026-08-26: $10.00 per night for a single unit, $14.00 for a double unit and $75.00 per night for the group reservation area. The forest adds that Loops A, B and C are reserved through recreation.gov, as are four single sites in Loop D, but the USFS record carries no recreation.gov listing id so the booking fee itself could not be read. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/sawtooth/recreation/porcupine-springs-campground (page last updated April 8, 2025; the page's own coordinates sit 0.089 mi from this pin).
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.
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 Porcupine Springs 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
- 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 — Porcupine Springs Cg
Winter vs summer roads →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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