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Schipper Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 42.32271, -114.26721
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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 Schipper Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,632 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Schipper CgNIFC · 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 Schipper Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel10 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- MMechanic18 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- +Urgent care19 mi
- WWater19 mi
- RxPharmacy20 mi
- @Mail20 mi
- EVEV fast charger21 mi
- LLaundry31 mi
- ShShower36 mi
- DDump36 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 10 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 — Schipper Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,632 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
42.32271, -114.26721
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Schipper Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townMurtaugh · ~12.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~9.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~15.4 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~19.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicVA Clinic · ~19.0 mi
- HardwareGrover's Pay and Pack · ~17.9 mi
EV charging — from Schipper Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger21.0 mi straight-line NW — L172 PL1 TWIN FALLS · ChargePoint Network · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach5 within 25 mi · 10 within 50 · 20 within 100 · 94 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)21.3 mi — Twin Falls, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Twin Falls
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO21.1 mi — VOLVO CAR USA TWIN FALLS DC1, Twin Falls
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)15.9 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 434725 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Schipper Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSchipper Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBear Gulch Cg · ~8.6 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLower Penstemon Cg · ~8.7 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUpper Penstemon Cg · ~8.9 mi S · USFS
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Other camps near Schipper Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Steer Basin Cg~3.0 mi · fee
- Bear Gulch Cg~8.6 mi
- Lower Penstemon Cg~8.7 mi · fee
- Upper Penstemon Cg~8.9 mi · fee
The unit that manages Schipper Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Schipper Cg are set by Sawtooth National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Magic Mountain at 6,940 ft, about 10 miles away. It sits about 2,308 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 — Schipper Cg
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review || Water: Sawtooth National Forest's own site page for Schipper Campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/sawtooth/recreation/schipper-campground (read 2026-08-24; page "Last updated" March 3, 2026), "Facility and Amenity Information > Water": "Potable water is not available at this site.". Corroborated by the USFS EDW Recreation Sites layer (apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0, re-queried live 2026-08-24 for SITE_ID 07827 / MANAGING_ORG 041401), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "No drinking water is available". No natural water anywhere near this site is claimed to be potable. Agency record only -- not field-verified. Nightshift fire 1680 (Idaho batch 2).
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 Schipper Cg
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 — Schipper Cg
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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