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Stovepipe Springs Dispersed Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 44.26235, -114.70815
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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 Stovepipe Springs Dispersed Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,898 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Stovepipe Springs Dispersed 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 Stovepipe Springs Dispersed Campground · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- LLaundry13 mi
- ShShower13 mi
- @Mail15 mi
- +Urgent care29 mi
- RxPharmacy30 mi
- DDump32 mi
- WWater44 mi
- EVEV fast charger55 mi
- MMechanic58 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 44-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 12 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 55-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 — Stovepipe Springs Dispersed Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,898 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
44.26235, -114.70815
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Stovepipe Springs Dispersed Campground · Sawtooth National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureMuley Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest towntown · ~9.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~12.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesMountain Village Mercantile · ~11.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~29.4 mi
EV charging — from Stovepipe Springs Dispersed Campground · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger54.8 mi straight-line S — 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 · none within 50 · 23 within 100 · 71 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)58.7 mi — Bellevue, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Bellevue
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO55.0 mi — ANNEX EVCS BLAINE COUNTY 1, Hailey
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)13.0 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 Stovepipe Springs Dispersed Campground · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletUpper O'Brien Cg · ~0.6 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletElk Creek Cg · ~0.8 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLower O'Brien Cg · ~0.8 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletIndian Riffles · ~1.0 mi SE · USFS
Open Stovepipe Springs Dispersed Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Stovepipe Springs Dispersed Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Upper O'Brien Cg~0.6 mi · fee
- Dutchman Flat Dispersed Campground~0.6 mi
- Elk Creek Cg~0.8 mi
- Lower O'Brien Cg~0.8 mi · fee
The unit that manages Stovepipe Springs Dispersed Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Stovepipe Springs Dispersed Campground are set by Sawtooth National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Stovepipe Springs Dispersed Campground
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 Stovepipe Springs Dispersed 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
- 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 — Stovepipe Springs Dispersed Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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