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Sheep Trail Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 44.30611, -115.05521
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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 Sheep Trail Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,589 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Sheep Trail 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 Sheep Trail Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel9 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- LLaundry13 mi
- ShShower13 mi
- @Mail33 mi
- WWater35 mi
- RxPharmacy43 mi
- +Urgent care43 mi
- DDump46 mi
- HHardware50 mi
- MMechanic51 mi
- OOutfitter51 mi
- EVEV fast charger66 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 35-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 9 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 66-mi run (and back).
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 — Sheep Trail Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,589 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
44.30611, -115.05521
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Sheep Trail Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townStanley · ~8.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelMountain Village Service Station · ~8.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesMountain Village Convenience Store · ~8.7 mi
EV charging — from Sheep Trail Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger65.5 mi straight-line SE — Hailey, ID (at a public site) · RIVIAN_ADVENTURE · CCS · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 35 within 100 · 56 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)66.0 mi — MCCALL CHARGEPO MC CHARGE 1, McCall
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO65.8 mi — ANNEX EVCS BLAINE COUNTY 1, Hailey
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)4.9 mi — Stanley RV and Camp (at a campground) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-10-13 · hours: 24 hours daily
- 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 398508 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Sheep Trail Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSheep Trail Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTrap Creek Cg · ~2.2 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletStanley Lake Cg · ~4.0 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLakeview Cg · ~4.0 mi S · USFS
Open Sheep Trail Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Sheep Trail Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Trap Creek Cg~2.2 mi · fee
- Stanley Lake Inlet Cg~3.8 mi · fee
- Stanley Lake Cg~4.0 mi · fee
- Lakeview Cg~4.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Sheep Trail Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Sheep Trail 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 Banner Summit at 7,040 ft, about 9 miles away. It sits about 451 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 — Sheep Trail 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
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 2026-08-26: $20 per campsite per night for a single family with one vehicle, $10 for a second vehicle, $10 with a Senior or Access pass, and $150 per day for the group area, which takes 1-40 people; there is no senior discount on the group rate. The Sawtooth NF publishes no recreation page for this campground -- sheep-trail-campground, sheep-trail and sheep-trail-cg all 404 -- so the figures are read off the Sheep Trail Campground and Group Area row of the Sawtooth NRA fee schedule, in its Highway 21 section between Iron Creek and Stanley Lake. The camp's recreation.gov listing (id 232097, SHEEP TRAIL CAMPGROUND, 0.003 mi from this pin, current season 2026-05-22 to 2026-09-17) independently agrees on the group rate at $150 and publishes no single-site rate. Sources: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/sawtooth/recreation/sawtooth-national-recreation-area-fees-policies (schedule last updated August 12, 2025) and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232097.
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 Sheep Trail 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 — Sheep Trail Cg
Winter vs summer roads →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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