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Steer Basin Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 42.27971, -114.25941
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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 Steer Basin Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,115 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Steer Basin 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 Steer Basin Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery17 mi
- MMechanic21 mi
- HHardware21 mi
- OOutfitter21 mi
- +Urgent care22 mi
- WWater22 mi
- RxPharmacy22 mi
- @Mail23 mi
- EVEV fast charger24 mi
- LLaundry33 mi
- ShShower34 mi
- DDump35 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 12 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 — Steer Basin Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,115 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
42.27971, -114.25941
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Steer Basin Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townMurtaugh · ~15.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~12.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesTwin Stop · ~16.9 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~22.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicVA Clinic · ~21.8 mi
- HardwareGrover's Pay and Pack · ~20.7 mi
EV charging — from Steer Basin Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger23.8 mi straight-line NW — L172 PL1 TWIN FALLS · ChargePoint Network · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 10 within 50 · 20 within 100 · 93 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)24.2 mi — Twin Falls, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Twin Falls
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO24.0 mi — VOLVO CAR USA TWIN FALLS DC1, Twin Falls
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)16.9 mi — Buster's Restaurant & Saloon and RV Park - Tesla Destination, Hollister, ID (at a restaurant) · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- 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 434725 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Steer Basin Cg · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSchipper Cg · ~3.0 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLower Penstemon Cg · ~5.9 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUpper Penstemon Cg · ~6.1 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPettit Cg · ~6.8 mi S · USFS
Open Steer Basin Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Steer Basin Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Schipper Cg~3.0 mi
- Lower Penstemon Cg~5.9 mi · fee
- Upper Penstemon Cg~6.1 mi · fee
- Pettit Cg~6.8 mi · fee
The unit that manages Steer Basin Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Steer Basin 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 Magic Mountain at 6,940 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 1,825 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 — Steer Basin 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 2026-08-20: $5 per night, single site, per the Forest Service's own recreation-site record for Steer Basin. This one is weaker than the rest: the figure is an attribute in the agency GIS dataset, not a published web page -- Sawtooth NF has no Steer Basin recreation page and the campground's recreation.gov listing (10191100, coordinates matching our pin exactly) publishes no rates at all -- so the number carries no date and could be stale. Source: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0 (site_name STEER BASIN CG).
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 Steer Basin 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 — Steer Basin Cg
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →The town run →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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