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Agency-listedIdaho Department of Lands · dispersedFree

Spider Web Camp (IDL Endowment Land)

Drive-up · Idaho Dept. of Lands · ID · 43.67289, -111.60651
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FREE dispersed camping on Idaho state ENDOWMENT LAND, Madison County, about 14 miles from Rexburg and 9 miles from Ririe. IDL's own recreation map marks 13 camping spots in this immediate area; the pin is on one of them. IDL's map labels this one "Spider Web Camp", but that name appears nowhere outside the agency's own GIS, so do not expect a sign or for locals to know it. This is genuinely free: Idaho charges no fee, permit, licence or pass to camp on endowment land. State rule IDAPA 20.05.01 allows temporary camping outright, and IDL policy says it deliberately avoids direct user fees so the land stays 'open and freely accessible to the general public'. THE RULES YOU MUST FOLLOW: 14 days maximum in one spot within any 28 days (to stay longer you must move at least 5 miles); don't leave gear unattended over 48 hours; campfires only inside a ring no wider than 3 feet; camp at least 30 feet back from any water or wetland; and do not camp anywhere posted 'closed to camping'. WHAT TO EXPECT: nothing. This is dispersed camping — IDL says its dispersed sites 'will likely not offer any toilets, picnic tables, treated water, or fire grates or rings', and IDL does not collect garbage. Bring your own water, pack everything out, and bury human waste 6+ inches deep and 200 feet from water, trails and camps. CAVEATS, honestly: we have not visited, and IDL publishes no description of this particular spot — the legal right to camp here is very well documented, but how usable or pleasant the site is, is not. Endowment land is working timber and range land, so expect logging or grazing activity and respect any posted closure. Check current fire restrictions before lighting anything. Confirm with the IDL Eastern Idaho Area Office, 3563 Ririe Highway, Idaho Falls, (208) 525-7167, before you go.

USGS topo — contours & terrain
USGS topographic map of Spider Web Camp (IDL Endowment Land)
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Spider Web Camp (IDL Endowment Land)
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Weather outlook — at Spider Web Camp (IDL Endowment Land)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,211 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Spider Web Camp (IDL Endowment Land)NIFC · 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 Spider Web Camp (IDL Endowment Land) · Idaho Dept. of Lands · ID

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 22 miWDump · 20 miDFuel · 9 miFMaverik · Grocery · 9 miGWalgreens · Pharmacy · 14 miRxDan's Ace Hardware · Hardware · 14 miHChristiansen Body Shop · Mechanic · 14 miMMagic Suds Laundromat · Laundry · 14 miLShower · 5 miShAir-up · 44 miACommunity Care · Urgent care · 14 mi+Outdoor Resource Center · Outfitter · 14 miOUnited States Post Office · Mail · 14 mi@Taylor Chevrolet Buick Cadillac · EV fast charger · 14 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • ShShower5 mi
  • FFuel9 mi
  • GGrocery9 mi
  • RxPharmacy14 mi
  • MMechanic14 mi
  • LLaundry14 mi
  • OOutfitter14 mi
  • EVEV fast charger14 mi
  • HHardware14 mi
  • +Urgent care14 mi
  • @Mail14 mi
  • DDump20 mi
  • WWater22 mi
  • AAir-up44 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, 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 — Spider Web Camp (IDL Endowment Land)

Access
Drive-up
Land
Idaho Dept. of Lands · dispersed
Elevation
6,211 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.67289, -111.60651
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Spider Web Camp (IDL Endowment Land) · Idaho Dept. of Lands · ID (OpenStreetMap)

  • Nearest townHeise · ~4.5 mi
  • Drinking waternone within 10 mi
  • FuelFuel · ~9.0 mi
  • Propane / LPGPropane · ~21.3 mi
  • Dump station~20.0 mi
  • GroceriesMaverik · ~9.0 mi
  • PharmacyHeartland Pharmacy · ~22.5 mi
  • Hospital / clinicMadison Memorial Hospital · ~13.4 mi
  • HardwarePlatt Electrical Supply · ~14.8 mi

EV charging — from Spider Web Camp (IDL Endowment Land) · Idaho Dept. of Lands · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Spider Web Camp (IDL Endowment Land) · Idaho Dept. of Lands · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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How we know this — Spider Web Camp (IDL Endowment Land)

Stay limit
14 nights (14 days/28)
Source
Idaho Dept. of Lands (endowment lands)
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
Coordinate: IDL's OWN recreation GIS, https://gis1.idl.idaho.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Portal/IDLPublicRecreation/MapServer/0, field Type=8 (coded domain 'Camping Area') + Status=1 ('Existing'); pin is a real mapped IDL point (the cluster member nearest the centroid of 13 points), NOT a computed centroid. Land status verified independently at https://gis1.idl.idaho.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Portal/StateOwnership_Analysis/MapServer/0: OWNERTYPE='Beneficiary: IDL Endowment', owner 'Public School', Madison County, Eastern Idaho supervisory area, asset class 'Timberland'. Free-camping authority: IDAPA 20.05.01 Sec. 020.01 (temporary camping ALLOWED, 14 days/28; word census over full rule text: 'license' 0, 'pass' 0, 'sticker' 0, 'charge' 0, and neither 'fee' hit is a use fee), corroborated by IDL Policy 2205 (2024-01-01) which states IDL avoids direct user fees to preserve Idaho Code 36-1604 liability protection requiring land stay 'open and freely accessible ... where users do not pay a direct fee for access'. Not a leased/fee campground: Portal/Published_Land_Activity layers 0/5/6 (encroachment permit, grazing lease, misc lease) return ZERO features over this cluster. Not in a closure: point-in-polygon tested against all 19 Type=3 'Closure Area' polygons on MapServer/3, no containment. NOT IDFG land (IDAPA 13.01.03 as amended 2026-07-01 prohibits camping on IDFG land absent authorization). All sources keyless/public. Verified 2026-07-21.
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 Spider Web Camp (IDL Endowment Land)

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.

Before you go — Spider Web Camp (IDL Endowment Land)

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