Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Sawmill Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NV · 41.87520, -115.42970
Ask an AI about this campsiteOpens Grok already loaded with this site. It reads the same records this page is built from, and links whatever it tells you.
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 Sawmill Campground
Loading the latest forecast…
Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,189 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Sawmill CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 Sawmill Campground · Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · NV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail0 mi
- DDump37 mi
- PPropane37 mi
- FFuel37 mi
- GGrocery37 mi
- HHardware37 mi
- +Urgent care58 mi
- EVEV fast charger59 mi
- MMechanic59 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: fuel & food sit about 37 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 59-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Water. 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 — Sawmill Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,189 ft
State
NV
Coordinates
41.87520, -115.42970
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Sawmill Campground · Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · NV (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBear Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townJarbidge · ~0.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Groceriesnone within 30 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
EV charging — from Sawmill Campground · Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · NV — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger58.8 mi straight-line SE — Wells, NV - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · 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 reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 19 within 100 · 59 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS59.0 mi — Flying J 692, Wells
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO70.5 mi — VOLVO CAR USA TWIN FALLS DC1, Twin Falls
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)54.8 mi — Buster's Restaurant & Saloon and RV Park - Tesla Destination, Hollister, ID (at a restaurant) · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 4 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 171467 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Sawmill Campground · Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · NV — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSawmill Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJarbidge Campground · ~0.8 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPavlak Campground · ~2.0 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUpper Bluster Campground · ~2.2 mi S · USFS
Open Sawmill Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Sawmill Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Jarbidge Campground~0.8 mi
- Pavlak Campground~2.0 mi
- Upper Bluster Campground~2.2 mi
- Upper Bluster Campground~2.3 mi
The unit that manages Sawmill Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Sawmill Campground are set by Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Sawmill Campground
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 Sawmill 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 — Sawmill Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Off-grid communication →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →