Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Pow500Rd-005
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 46.55640, -114.95738
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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 Pow500Rd-005
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,785 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Pow500Rd-005NIFC · 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 Pow500Rd-005 · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater6 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- DDump37 mi
- @Mail38 mi
- +Urgent care40 mi
- HHardware40 mi
- MMechanic40 mi
- LLaundry41 mi
- RxPharmacy42 mi
- OOutfitter44 mi
- EVEV fast charger44 mi
- ShShower47 mi
- AAir-up50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 12 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 44-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 — Pow500Rd-005
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
6,785 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
46.55640, -114.95738
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Pow500Rd-005 · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureDoe Creek (stream) · nearby
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~6.0 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 Pow500Rd-005 · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger44.0 mi straight-line N — Superior, MT - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 4 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 · 7 within 50 · 22 within 100 · 88 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS47.4 mi — L267 EXPP PL PUBLIC1, Missoula
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO49.0 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.8 mi — Lochsa Lodge, Powell, ID (at a hotel) · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-08-15 · hours: 8am-9pm 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 102264 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Pow500Rd-005 · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletJerry Johnson Campground · ~6.1 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletColgate Licks · ~6.4 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWarm Springs Trailhead · ~6.6 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMocus Point Trailhead · ~7.1 mi SW · USFS
Coming out here — Pow500Rd-005 · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID
- Surface water mapped nearby: Doe Creek (stream). That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- 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 — Dave gets service credit if you sign up through it. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
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Other camps near Pow500Rd-005
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
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- Pow566Rd-002~2.5 mi
- Pow108Rd-003~4.6 mi
The unit that manages Pow500Rd-005
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Pow500Rd-005 are set by Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Pow500Rd-005
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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. 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 Pow500Rd-005
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 — Pow500Rd-005
Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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