Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Rr492Rd-002 Cold Camp Mp 5.5
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 45.77304, -115.58613
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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 Rr492Rd-002 Cold Camp Mp 5.5
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at the elevation shown above.
Fire & smoke — around Rr492Rd-002 Cold Camp Mp 5.5NIFC · 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 Rr492Rd-002 Cold Camp Mp 5.5 · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- +Urgent care8 mi
- GGrocery23 mi
- WWater24 mi
- MMechanic27 mi
- FFuel27 mi
- OOutfitter28 mi
- HHardware28 mi
- RxPharmacy28 mi
- @Mail28 mi
- EVEV fast charger32 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 24-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 23 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 32-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Dump, 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 — Rr492Rd-002 Cold Camp Mp 5.5
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
State
ID
Coordinates
45.77304, -115.58613
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Rr492Rd-002 Cold Camp Mp 5.5 · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureFourmile Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townElk City · ~8.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~27.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesCash & Carry Market · ~27.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicSyringa Hospital & Clinics · ~28.2 mi
- HardwareAce Home Center · ~27.7 mi
EV charging — from Rr492Rd-002 Cold Camp Mp 5.5 · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger31.6 mi straight-line NW — GRANGEVILLE KOOSKIA 1 · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 4 within 50 · 16 within 100 · 66 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)64.6 mi — MCCALL CHARGEPO MC CHARGE 1, McCall
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)28.2 mi — Super 8 by Wyndham Grangeville - Tesla Destination (at a hotel) · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 3 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 450760 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Rr492Rd-002 Cold Camp Mp 5.5 · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletFive Mile Cg · ~4.5 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFive Mile Pond · ~4.5 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletOrogrande (1-2) · ~4.9 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSing Lee · ~7.7 mi N · USFS
Open Rr492Rd-002 Cold Camp Mp 5.5 elsewhere
Other camps near Rr492Rd-002 Cold Camp Mp 5.5
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Rr492Rd-003 Milepost 6~0.4 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #609~0.6 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #46~1.5 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #16~2.3 mi
The unit that manages Rr492Rd-002 Cold Camp Mp 5.5
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Rr492Rd-002 Cold Camp Mp 5.5 are set by Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Rr492Rd-002 Cold Camp Mp 5.5
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 Rr492Rd-002 Cold Camp Mp 5.5
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 — Rr492Rd-002 Cold Camp Mp 5.5
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