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Shafer Butte Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 43.78369, -116.08683
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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 Shafer Butte Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,698 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Shafer Butte 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 Shafer Butte Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel9 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- WWater10 mi
- @Mail11 mi
- OOutfitter12 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- +Urgent care12 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- AAir-up13 mi
- EVEV fast charger14 mi
- DDump30 mi
- ShShower46 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 9 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 — Shafer Butte Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,698 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.78369, -116.08683
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Shafer Butte Campground · Boise National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townAvimor · ~8.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelMobil · ~8.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~29.6 mi
- GroceriesOn The Fly · ~8.9 mi
- PharmacySav-on Pharmacy · ~12.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicPrimary Health · ~12.3 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~12.4 mi
EV charging — from Shafer Butte Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger14.2 mi straight-line SW — Boise, ID - North Orchard Street - Tesla Supercharger (at a restaurant) · 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 reach17 within 25 mi · 28 within 50 · 39 within 100 · 60 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS15.1 mi — AAA OR ID AAA-BOI2, Boise
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO15.1 mi — AAA OR ID AAA-BOI2, Boise
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)12.3 mi — the EDGE @ State, Boise, ID · Blink Network · J1772 · 6 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Fairly Reliable Bob's, Boise, 13.0 mi · J1772 · hours: Dealership business hours; customer and service center use only · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 313094 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Shafer Butte Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletShafer Butte Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletStack Rock · ~3.8 mi SW · USFS
- RestroomUpper Hulls Gulch Trailhead Toilet · ~8.0 mi S · BLM
- RestroomMiller Gulch Trailhead Toilet · ~8.9 mi SW · BLM
Open Shafer Butte Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Shafer Butte Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Grayback Gulch~11.0 mi
- Grayback Group~11.3 mi · fee
- Cottonwood Campground~16.7 mi
- Irish Point Dispersed~17.4 mi
The unit that manages Shafer Butte Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Shafer Butte Campground are set by Boise National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Bogus Basin at 6,370 ft, about a mile away. It sits about 328 ft lower 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 — Shafer Butte Campground
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. | Fee 2026-08-23: the two agency channels disagree on the overnight rate -- the Boise NF page says $10 per night for a single site, while the camp's recreation.gov listing (id 232218, SHAFER BUTTE, 0.14 mi from this pin, current season 2026-06-15 to 2026-09-30) charges $20 for its walk-to sites, the only overnight type it publishes. Budget for $20. The two channels agree on the group picnic site at $50 per day for 1-30 people and $75 for 1-50, and the page adds a $5 per vehicle per day use fee. Sources: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/boise/recreation/shafer-butte-campground-and-group-sites (page last updated June 15, 2026) and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232218.
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 Shafer Butte 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 — Shafer Butte Campground
Winter vs summer roads →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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