Agency-listedBLM · dispersedFee
Tower Rock Recreation Site
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · ID · 45.31250, -113.90583
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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 Tower Rock Recreation Site
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,772 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Tower Rock Recreation SiteNIFC · 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 Tower Rock Recreation Site · Bureau of Land Management · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- OOutfitter9 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- ShShower10 mi
- WWater26 mi
- DDump45 mi
- HHardware52 mi
- RxPharmacy58 mi
- EVEV fast charger72 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 26-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 8 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 72-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 — Tower Rock Recreation Site
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
3,772 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
45.31250, -113.90583
Cost
Fee · priced on the land manager's own page (blm.gov, read 2026-09-19)
Nearby & resupply — around Tower Rock Recreation Site · Bureau of Land Management · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSalmon River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townNorth Fork · ~7.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~7.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~7.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicSteele Memorial Medical Center · ~9.6 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~9.6 mi
EV charging — from Tower Rock Recreation Site · Bureau of Land Management · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger71.5 mi straight-line SE — Dell Mercantile (Dell, MT) · Electrify America · CCS · 4 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 · 6 within 100 · 47 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)78.8 mi — Butte, MT - Grizzly Trail - Tesla Supercharger, Butte
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO108.8 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)62.0 mi — UMW #1 STATION 1, Dillon, MT · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · 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 121712 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Tower Rock Recreation Site · Bureau of Land Management · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletTower Rock Vault Toilet · at this camp · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletMorgan Bar Vault Toilet #2 · ~4.0 mi S · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletMorgan Bar Vault Toilet #1 · ~4.1 mi S · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletDiscovery Hill 1 Vault Toilet · ~8.5 mi S · BLM
Open Tower Rock Recreation Site elsewhere
Other camps near Tower Rock Recreation Site
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Morgan Bar Recreation Site~4.2 mi · fee
- Wallace Lake Campground~6.7 mi · fee
- Fourth Of July Camping Area~7.1 mi
- Ajax Lake~8.9 mi
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Slagamelt Lakes at 8,600 ft, about 10 miles away. It sits about 4,828 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 — Tower Rock Recreation Site
Fee note
Per the BLM page, read 19 Sep 2026: "There is a $5/night camp site fee." https://www.blm.gov/visit/tower-rock-recreation-site
Source
Bureau of Land Management 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
BLM RIDB record, agency-listed. Its fee field is empty -- no fee statement -- so the cost is unpriced (field read 2026-09-19). Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up). | Fee 2026-09-19: $5/night camp site fee -- page says "There is a $5/night camp site fee.". Source: https://www.blm.gov/visit/tower-rock-recreation-site (worker_W, figure verified on that 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 Tower Rock Recreation Site
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 — Tower Rock Recreation Site
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →