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Twin Springs Campground

Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 42.26394, -112.76420
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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
USGS topographic map of Twin Springs Campground
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Twin Springs Campground
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Weather outlook — at Twin Springs Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,173 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Twin Springs 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 Twin Springs Campground · Curlew National Grassland · ID

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 30 miWPocatello's public and free dump station and drinking water · Dump · 44 miDChevron · Propane · 59 miPPilot · Fuel · 21 miFFlying J · Grocery · 21 miGMaag Prescription and Medical Supply · Pharmacy · 44 miRxWard's ACE & Country Store · Hardware · 28 miHMechanic · 36 miMTumbled Laundromat · Laundry · 27 miLShower · 36 miShAir-up · 58 miAWillow Valley Family Medicine (Clinic) · Urgent care · 47 mi+Pocatello Running Company · Outfitter · 44 miOArbon Post Office · Mail · 19 mi@Flying J 774 · EV fast charger · 21 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • @Mail19 mi
  • FFuel21 mi
  • GGrocery21 mi
  • EVEV fast charger21 mi
  • LLaundry27 mi
  • HHardware28 mi
  • WWater30 mi
  • ShShower36 mi
  • MMechanic36 mi
  • DDump44 mi
  • RxPharmacy44 mi
  • OOutfitter44 mi
  • +Urgent care47 mi
  • AAir-up58 mi
  • PPropane59 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is a real 30-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 21 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 — Twin Springs Campground

Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,173 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
42.26394, -112.76420
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Twin Springs Campground · Curlew National Grassland · ID (OpenStreetMap)

  • Nearest townCedarhill · ~1.7 mi
  • Drinking waternone within 10 mi
  • FuelSchmidt Oil · ~21.9 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • GroceriesThe Middle of Nowhere · ~23.2 mi
  • Hospital / clinicNell J. Redfield Memorial Hospital · ~26.8 mi
  • HardwareWard's ACE & Country Store · ~27.5 mi

EV charging — from Twin Springs Campground · Curlew National Grassland · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Twin Springs Campground · Curlew National Grassland · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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Other camps near Twin Springs Campground

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The unit that manages Twin Springs Campground

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Twin Springs Campground are set by Curlew National Grassland, not by the campsite — check there before you go.

How we know this — Twin Springs 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 Twin Springs 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.

Before you go — Twin Springs Campground

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