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Smokey Bear Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 43.92021, -114.86111
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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 Smokey Bear Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,029 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Smokey Bear 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 Smokey Bear Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- LLaundry16 mi
- ShShower16 mi
- FFuel21 mi
- GGrocery21 mi
- RxPharmacy30 mi
- WWater30 mi
- @Mail30 mi
- EVEV fast charger39 mi
- +Urgent care40 mi
- MMechanic42 mi
- DDump47 mi
- HHardware58 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 30-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 21 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 39-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 — Smokey Bear Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,029 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.92021, -114.86111
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Smokey Bear Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelMountain Village Service Station · ~20.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesMountain Village Mercantile · ~20.8 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~29.7 mi
EV charging — from Smokey Bear Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger38.7 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 · 3 within 50 · 37 within 100 · 66 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)42.8 mi — Bellevue, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Bellevue
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO39.0 mi — ANNEX EVCS BLAINE COUNTY 1, Hailey
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)16.1 mi — Redfish Lake Lodge, Stanley, ID (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 Smokey Bear Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSmokey Bear Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletNorth Shore Cg · ~0.3 mi W · USFS
- Flush restroomAlturas Lake Tent Area · ~0.7 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAlturas Inlet Cg · ~1.2 mi SW · USFS
Open Smokey Bear Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Smokey Bear Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- North Shore Cg~0.3 mi · fee
- Alturas Lake Tent Area~0.7 mi · fee
- Alturas Inlet Cg~1.2 mi · fee
- Pettit Lake Campground~4.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Smokey Bear Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Smokey Bear 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 Galena Summit at 8,790 ft, about 8 miles away. It sits about 1,761 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 — Smokey Bear 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: $22 per camp unit per night for a single family, $44 double family (two vehicles), $11 for a second vehicle, $11 with a Senior or Access pass. The camp's own forest page -- which the Sawtooth publishes under the slug smokey-bear-alturas-campground -- carries no dollar figure and links out to the Sawtooth NRA fee schedule, so the figures are read off the Smokey Bear Campground row of that schedule, in its Alturas Lake section. Do not confuse it with the Smokey Bear Boat Ramp immediately below it, which is a $12-per-vehicle day-use fee, not a camping rate. The camp's recreation.gov listing (id 10165636, Smokey Bear Campground, 0.001 mi from this pin) exists but publishes no rate at all. Sources: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/sawtooth/recreation/sawtooth-national-recreation-area-fees-policies (schedule last updated August 12, 2025) and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/sawtooth/recreation/smokey-bear-alturas-campground (page last updated June 11, 2025).
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 Smokey Bear 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 — Smokey Bear Cg
Winter vs summer roads →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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