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Sam Owen

Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 48.21973, -116.28437
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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
USGS topographic map of Sam Owen
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Sam Owen
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Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,101 ft.
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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 camp

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 21 miWDump · 22 miDChevron · Propane · 44 miPHoliday Shores Resort · Fuel · 1 miFGrocery · 1 miGSandpoint Super Drug · Pharmacy · 13 miRxIdaho Implement · Hardware · 13 miHM & S Engine Works · Mechanic · 12 miMPriest Rivers Cleaners · Laundry · 29 miLShower · 35 miShKaniksu Community Health · Urgent care · 13 mi+North 40 · Outfitter · 14 miOSandpoint Post Office 83864 · Mail · 13 mi@
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • GGrocery1 mi
  • FFuel1 mi
  • MMechanic12 mi
  • @Mail13 mi
  • RxPharmacy13 mi
  • HHardware13 mi
  • +Urgent care13 mi
  • OOutfitter14 mi
  • WWater21 mi
  • DDump22 mi
  • LLaundry29 mi
  • ShShower35 mi
  • PPropane44 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is a real 21-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 1 mi out.

One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Open in Google Maps ↗

The site

Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,101 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
48.21973, -116.28437
Cost
Fee

Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)

  • Resupply lookup unavailable — try the map links below.

Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

Open this spot elsewhere

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Other camps nearby

If this one is full, gated or washed out.

The unit that manages this camp

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.

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Snow, and when this opens

The nearest automatic snow station is Bear Mountain at 5,460 ft, about 11 miles away. It sits about 3,359 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.

Bear Mountain snowpack, from NRCS →

How we know this

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.
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

A land record can put you within a few metres of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.

Before you go

Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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