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Tie Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 44.20832, -115.92580
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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? — Tie Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
Open today Season May 1 – Sep 30. Closes after Sep 30.
U.S. Forest Service record: “Beginning of May - End of 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 Tie Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,106 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Tie Creek 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 Tie Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery7 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- WWater15 mi
- HHardware21 mi
- MMechanic22 mi
- RxPharmacy22 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- ShShower33 mi
- AAir-up41 mi
- +Urgent care41 mi
- EVEV fast charger44 mi
- DDump52 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 7 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 44-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 — Tie Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,106 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
44.20832, -115.92580
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Tie Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townCrouch · ~6.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~8.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesGarden Valley Market · ~6.7 mi
- PharmacyWatkins Pharmacy · ~22.0 mi
- HardwareCascade Hardware · ~21.4 mi
EV charging — from Tie Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger44.1 mi straight-line S — Boise, ID - North Orchard Street - Tesla Supercharger (at a restaurant) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 18 within 50 · 37 within 100 · 55 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS44.6 mi — L072 BOISE-PL01, Boise
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO44.7 mi — KENDALL HYU BOI FV L3 #2, Boise
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)41.4 mi — Residence Inn Eagle. · Blink Network · J1772 · 6 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Fairly Reliable Bob's, Boise, 43.0 mi · J1772 · hours: Dealership business hours; customer and service center use only · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 313094 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Tie Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletTie Creek Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHardscrabble Campground · ~2.5 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRattlesnake Campground · ~4.6 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTrail Creek Campground · ~5.3 mi NE · USFS
Open Tie Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Tie Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Hardscrabble Campground~2.5 mi · fee
- Rattlesnake Campground~4.6 mi · fee
- Trail Creek Campground~5.3 mi · fee
- Big Eddy Campground~9.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Tie Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Tie Creek 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 Cozy Cove at 5,410 ft, about 14 miles away. It sits about 2,304 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 — Tie Creek Campground
Open season
Beginning of May - End of 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 2026-08-21: no rate published by the agency. Its Boise NF page has no fee section and no dollar figure anywhere on it, the EDW recreation-site record carries no amount, and a recreation.gov search returns no listing for it. Checked https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/boise/recreation/tie-creek-campground (coordinate-verified to this pin, last updated May 15, 2026). || Water: Boise National Forest's own site page for Tie Creek Campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/boise/recreation/tie-creek-campground (read 2026-08-24; page "Last updated" May 15, 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 6290 / MANAGING_ORG 040206), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "handpump". Page "Seasons of Use": "Beginning of May - End of 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 Tie Creek 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 — Tie Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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