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Riverside Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 43.80936, -115.12960
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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.
Can I go now? — Riverside Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
Open today Season May 15 – Oct 15 (about). Closes after Oct 15.
U.S. Forest Service record: “Mid-May - Mid-October” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-18; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Riverside Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,291 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Riverside 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 Riverside Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery15 mi
- FFuel24 mi
- LLaundry26 mi
- ShShower26 mi
- WWater33 mi
- DDump34 mi
- @Mail35 mi
- +Urgent care36 mi
- RxPharmacy39 mi
- EVEV fast charger45 mi
- MMechanic48 mi
- HHardware54 mi
- OOutfitter55 mi
- AAir-up60 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 33-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 15 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 45-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 — Riverside Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,291 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.80936, -115.12960
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Riverside Campground · Boise National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureYuba River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townAtlanta · ~0.6 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~24.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesSmoky Bar Store · ~18.8 mi
EV charging — from Riverside Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger45.3 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 · 62 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)49.0 mi — Bellevue, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Bellevue
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO45.5 mi — ANNEX EVCS BLAINE COUNTY 1, Hailey
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)25.7 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 Riverside Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletRiverside Campground · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomAtlanta Guard Station · ~0.3 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPowerplant/Middle Fork Trailhead · ~1.1 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPowerplant Campground · ~1.3 mi E · USFS
Open Riverside Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Riverside Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Power Plant Campground~1.3 mi
- Queens River Campground~4.1 mi
- Johnson Creek Campground~11.8 mi
- Willow Creek North Cg (Transfer Camp)~12.6 mi
The unit that manages Riverside Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Riverside 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 7 miles away. It sits about 2,279 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 — Riverside Campground
Open season
Mid-May - Mid-October
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review || Water: Boise National Forest's own site page for Riverside Campground (Idaho City), https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/boise/recreation/riverside-campground-idaho-city (read 2026-08-24; page "Last updated" June 19, 2026), "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 06180 / MANAGING_ORG 040203), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "drinking water available". Page "Seasons of Use": "Mid-May - Mid-October" -- that is the season of the SITE, not a statement about when the water is turned on. Channels agree; nightshift fire 1680.
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 Riverside 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
- 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 — Riverside Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →How to read this page →All field notes →
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