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Tin Can Flat Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 47.23026, -115.62231
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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 Tin Can Flat Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,765 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Tin Can Flat 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 Tin Can Flat Campground · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump8 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- FFuel15 mi
- RxPharmacy22 mi
- HHardware22 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- MMechanic23 mi
- EVEV fast charger25 mi
- +Urgent care32 mi
- PPropane37 mi
- WWater54 mi
- ShShower60 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 54-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 9 mi out.
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 — Tin Can Flat Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,765 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
47.23026, -115.62231
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Tin Can Flat Campground · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSaint Joe River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townAvery · ~8.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelcenex · ~28.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~7.8 mi
- GroceriesAvery Store & Motel · ~8.7 mi
- PharmacyKohal's · ~21.7 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~28.5 mi
EV charging — from Tin Can Flat Campground · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger25.0 mi straight-line E — St. Regis, MT - Tesla Supercharger (at a rest stop) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 75 within 100 · 92 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS25.0 mi — St. Regis, MT, St. Regis
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO34.1 mi — Walmart 4249 (Smelterville, ID), Smelterville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)62.3 mi — The Coeur D'Alene Resort - Tesla Destination (at a hotel) · 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.
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Alpine Falls Ranch - Tesla Destination, Superior, 29.5 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
Level 2, restricted access — 50,000 Silver Dollar Inn, Saltese, 15.0 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for guests 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 302203 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Tin Can Flat Campground · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletTin Can Flat · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTurner Flat · ~1.6 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPacksaddle · ~4.9 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUpper Landing · ~7.8 mi W · USFS
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Other camps near Tin Can Flat Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Fh 50 Mi 57.2 Site B~0.7 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #235~0.7 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #58~0.9 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #180~1.0 mi
The unit that manages Tin Can Flat Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Tin Can Flat Campground are set by Idaho Panhandle National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Tin Can Flat Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Tin Can Flat 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 — Tin Can Flat Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →How to read this page →All field notes →
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