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Power Plant Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 43.81503, -115.10439
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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 Power Plant Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,416 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Power Plant 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 Power Plant Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery16 mi
- LLaundry25 mi
- ShShower25 mi
- FFuel25 mi
- WWater34 mi
- DDump34 mi
- +Urgent care36 mi
- @Mail36 mi
- RxPharmacy38 mi
- EVEV fast charger44 mi
- MMechanic47 mi
- HHardware56 mi
- OOutfitter56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 34-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 16 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 — Power Plant Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,416 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.81503, -115.10439
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Power Plant Campground · Boise National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureGrays Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townAtlanta · ~1.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~25.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesSmoky Bar Store · ~18.2 mi
EV charging — from Power Plant Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger44.3 mi straight-line SE — 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 · 3 within 50 · 42 within 100 · 61 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)48.1 mi — Bellevue, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Bellevue
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO44.5 mi — ANNEX EVCS BLAINE COUNTY 1, Hailey
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)24.9 mi — Redfish Lake Lodge, Stanley, ID (at a campground) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-10-13 · 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 Power Plant Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPowerplant Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPowerplant/Middle Fork Trailhead · ~0.2 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRiverside Campground · ~1.3 mi W · USFS
- RestroomAtlanta Guard Station · ~1.5 mi SW · USFS
Open Power Plant Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Power Plant Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Riverside Campground~1.3 mi
- Queens River Campground~5.2 mi
- Bear Creek Cg~11.8 mi
- Johnson Creek Campground~12.4 mi
The unit that manages Power Plant Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Power Plant Campground are set by Boise National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Atlanta Summit at 7,570 ft, about 8 miles away. It sits about 2,154 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 — Power Plant 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 Power Plant 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 — Power Plant Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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