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Saint Charles Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 42.11303, -111.44707
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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 Saint Charles Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,126 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Saint Charles 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 Saint Charles Campground · U.S. Forest Service · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel3 mi
- WWater4 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- +Urgent care11 mi
- OOutfitter11 mi
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- DDump11 mi
- ShShower15 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- LLaundry17 mi
- AAir-up29 mi
- PPropane33 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 3 mi out.
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 — Saint Charles Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,126 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
42.11303, -111.44707
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Saint Charles Campground · U.S. Forest Service · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSaint Charles Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townSaint Charles · ~3.0 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~4.1 mi
- FuelFuel · ~3.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~11.3 mi
- GroceriesMike's Market · ~11.1 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~22.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicBeaver Mountain Ski Patrol · ~11.1 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~11.1 mi
EV charging — from Saint Charles Campground · U.S. Forest Service · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.1 mi straight-line S — Mike's Market - Tesla Supercharger (Car Charging Pros), Garden City, UT (at a grocery store) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-07-15 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 13 within 50 · 74 within 100 · 172 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS11.1 mi — MIKES MARKET BERT, Garden City
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO11.1 mi — MIKES MARKET BERT, Garden City
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)8.2 mi — El Camino Donuts - Tesla Destination, Paris, ID · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 2 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 charger$0.48 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 462737 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Saint Charles Campground · U.S. Forest Service · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSt. Charles · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDavis Canyon Overflow · ~2.4 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCloverleaf · ~3.8 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPorcupine · ~3.9 mi W · USFS
Open Saint Charles Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Saint Charles Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Davis Canyon Overflow~2.4 mi · fee
- Porcupine~3.9 mi · fee
- North Fork Campground~4.6 mi
- Worm Creek Wilderness Study Area~5.8 mi
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Franklin Basin at 8,140 ft, about 9 miles away. It sits about 2,014 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 — Saint Charles Campground
Reserve
https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233978
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 Saint Charles 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 — Saint Charles Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Cold-weather camping →Picking a spot →All field notes →
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