Agency-listedUSFSFeeClosed for the season
South Fork Salmon River Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 44.65288, -115.70214
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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.
Can I go now? — South Fork Salmon River Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
Closed for the season Season May 15 – Sep 15 (about). Opens May 15.
U.S. Forest Service record: “Mid-May - Mid-September” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-17; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at South Fork Salmon River Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,111 ft.
Fire & smoke — around South Fork Salmon River 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 South Fork Salmon River Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery2 mi
- ShShower2 mi
- HHardware19 mi
- FFuel19 mi
- RxPharmacy19 mi
- MMechanic19 mi
- LLaundry19 mi
- OOutfitter19 mi
- @Mail19 mi
- EVEV fast charger26 mi
- WWater32 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 32-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 2 mi out.
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 — South Fork Salmon River Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,111 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
44.65288, -115.70214
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around South Fork Salmon River Campground · Boise National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelUnited Oil · ~19.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~1.6 mi
- PharmacyWatkins Pharmacy · ~19.2 mi
- HardwareCascade Hardware · ~19.1 mi
EV charging — from South Fork Salmon River Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger26.2 mi straight-line NW — MCCALL CHARGEPO MC CHARGE 1 · ChargePoint Network · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 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 · 32 within 100 · 57 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO26.2 mi — MCCALL CHARGEPO MC CHARGE 4, McCall
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)27.3 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 325580 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around South Fork Salmon River Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSouth Fork Salmon River Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBilly Rice Swim Beach · ~1.2 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPicnic Point Campground · ~1.5 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletShoreline Campground · ~1.8 mi E · USFS
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Other camps near South Fork Salmon River Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Picnic Point Campground~1.5 mi · fee
- Shoreline Group~1.7 mi · fee
- Shoreline Campground~1.8 mi · fee
- Warm Lake Campground~2.2 mi · fee
The unit that manages South Fork Salmon River Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at South Fork Salmon River 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 Big Creek Summit at 6,550 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 1,439 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 — South Fork Salmon River Campground
Open season
Mid-May - Mid-September
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 2026-08-22: no rate published by the agency. The Boise NF page for this campground carries no dollar figure anywhere, the forest publishes no fee schedule page, and a keyless recreation.gov search returns no listing for it. Checked https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/boise/recreation/south-fork-salmon-river-campground (page last updated May 18, 2026). || Water: Boise National Forest's own site page for South Fork Salmon River Campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/boise/recreation/south-fork-salmon-river-campground (read 2026-08-24; page "Last updated" May 18, 2026), "Facility and Amenity Information > Water": "Potable water is 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 6346 / MANAGING_ORG 040204), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "Potable Water". Page "Seasons of Use": "Mid-May - Mid-September" -- that is the season of the SITE, not a statement about when the water is turned on. Channels agree; nightshift fire 1680.
Season
Read from the agency's own season / closure text in this record (data/conditions.py) and checked against the calendar. The words we read are printed under the verdict at the top of the page.
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 South Fork Salmon River 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
- 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 — South Fork Salmon River Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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