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Riverside Park Cg &Day Use Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 43.34071, -111.20491
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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 Riverside Park Cg &Day Use Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,396 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Riverside Park Cg &Day Use AreaNIFC · 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 Park Cg &Day Use Area · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel2 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- RxPharmacy15 mi
- +Urgent care15 mi
- HHardware15 mi
- LLaundry15 mi
- ShShower15 mi
- OOutfitter15 mi
- @Mail15 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- EVEV fast charger22 mi
- WWater24 mi
- AAir-up25 mi
- DDump31 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 24-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 2 mi out.
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 Park Cg &Day Use Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,396 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.34071, -111.20491
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Riverside Park Cg &Day Use Area · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townIrwin · ~5.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelChevron · ~2.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~31.0 mi
- GroceriesRainey Creek · ~10.2 mi
- PharmacyBroulim's Pharmacy · ~15.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicStar Valley Health Alpine Clinic · ~15.0 mi
- HardwareJenkins Building Supply · ~15.4 mi
EV charging — from Riverside Park Cg &Day Use Area · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger22.3 mi straight-line NE — Jackson, WY - Tesla Supercharger (at a grocery store) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 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 reach3 within 25 mi · 14 within 50 · 34 within 100 · 63 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS24.1 mi — TOWN OF JACKSON GARAGE DC #1, Jackson
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO24.1 mi — TOWN OF JACKSON GARAGE DC #1, Jackson
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)19.3 mi — THE LARKSPUR LARKSPUR EV#4D, Victor, ID · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · 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 122279 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Riverside Park Cg &Day Use Area · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletRiverside Park Cg &Day Use Area · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCalamity · ~1.1 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPalisades Creek · ~3.9 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Elk Creek Boat Ramp · ~4.1 mi E · USFS
Open Riverside Park Cg &Day Use Area elsewhere
Other camps near Riverside Park Cg &Day Use Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- South Fork Of The Snake~0.2 mi
- Calamity~1.1 mi · fee
- Palisades Creek~3.9 mi · fee
- Big Elk Creek Campground~4.6 mi · fee
The unit that manages Riverside Park Cg &Day Use Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Riverside Park Cg &Day Use Area are set by Caribou-Targhee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Riverside Park Cg &Day Use Area
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. | Fee 2026-08-20: $24 for a single site in season (late May to early September, first come first served). The forest adds that after the season the campground stays open first come, first served with no fee -- and no toilets and no water. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/caribou-targhee/recreation/riverside-park-campground.
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 Park Cg &Day Use Area
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 — Riverside Park Cg &Day Use Area
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Cold-weather camping →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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