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Shiefer
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 45.17457, -115.57952
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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 Shiefer
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,951 ft.
Fire & smoke — around ShieferNIFC · 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 Shiefer · Payette National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery15 mi
- FFuel15 mi
- @Mail15 mi
- ShShower30 mi
- HHardware31 mi
- MMechanic31 mi
- EVEV fast charger31 mi
- RxPharmacy31 mi
- LLaundry39 mi
- +Urgent care40 mi
- OOutfitter40 mi
- WWater46 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 46-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 15 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 31-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Dump, 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 — Shiefer
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,951 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
45.17457, -115.57952
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Shiefer · Payette National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSouth Fork Salmon River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townWarren · ~7.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFueling Station by CO-Energy · ~15.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesYellow Pine General Store and Motel · ~15.1 mi
EV charging — from Shiefer · Payette National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger31.2 mi straight-line SW — MCCALL CHARGEPO MC CHARGE 2 · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 9 within 100 · 76 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)31.2 mi — MCCALL CHARGEPO MC CHARGE 1, McCall
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)32.0 mi — Shore Lodge, McCall, ID · Blink Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · 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 325581 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Shiefer · Payette National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletShiefer · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLoon Lake · ~11.5 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletChinook · ~11.5 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPonderosa · ~11.7 mi SW · USFS
Open Shiefer elsewhere
Other camps near Shiefer
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Halls Gulch Dispersed~9.1 mi
- Chinook~11.5 mi · fee
- Ponderosa~11.7 mi · fee
- Secesh~11.7 mi · fee
The unit that manages Shiefer
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Shiefer are set by Payette National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Shiefer
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
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 Shiefer
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 — Shiefer
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Off-grid communication →All field notes →
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