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West Fork Morgan Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 44.70274, -114.31522
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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 West Fork Morgan Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,323 ft.
Fire & smoke — around West Fork Morgan 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 West Fork Morgan Creek Campground · Salmon-Challis National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump12 mi
- RxPharmacy14 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- OOutfitter39 mi
- MMechanic39 mi
- ShShower39 mi
- WWater43 mi
- EVEV fast charger79 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 43-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 14 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 79-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 — West Fork Morgan Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,323 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
44.70274, -114.31522
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around West Fork Morgan Creek Campground · Salmon-Challis National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townChallis · ~14.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelKimble · ~14.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~11.8 mi
- GroceriesVillage Square Super Store · ~14.6 mi
- PharmacyBengal Pharmacy · ~14.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicChallis Area Health Clinic · ~14.0 mi
EV charging — from West Fork Morgan Creek Campground · Salmon-Challis National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger79.3 mi straight-line E — 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 · 10 within 100 · 67 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)84.8 mi — Lima, MT - Tesla Supercharger, Lima
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO81.8 mi — ANNEX EVCS BLAINE COUNTY 1, Hailey
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)46.4 mi — Stanley RV and Camp (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 121712 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around West Fork Morgan Creek Campground · Salmon-Challis National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletWest Fork Morgan Creek Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMorgan Creek Vault Toilet · ~4.8 mi SE · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletCottonwood Vault Toilet #1 · ~11.8 mi E · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletCottonwood Vault Toilet #2 · ~11.8 mi E · BLM
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Other camps near West Fork Morgan Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Morgan Creek Recreation Site~4.8 mi
- Twin Peaks Camping Area~10.5 mi
- Mahoney Springs Campground~11.8 mi
- Lost Spring Campground~12.3 mi
The unit that manages West Fork Morgan Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at West Fork Morgan Creek Campground are set by Salmon-Challis National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Morgan Creek at 7,620 ft, about 10 miles away. It sits about 1,297 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 — West Fork Morgan Creek 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 || Water: Salmon-Challis National Forest's own site page for West Fork Morgan Creek Campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/salmon-challis/recreation/west-fork-morgan-creek-campground (read 2026-08-24; page "Last updated" February 18, 2025), "Facility and Amenity Information > Water": "Potable water is not 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 22284 / MANAGING_ORG 041302), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "No water is available". No natural water anywhere near this site is claimed to be potable. Agency record only -- not field-verified. Nightshift fire 1680 (Idaho batch 2).
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 West Fork Morgan 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
- 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 — West Fork Morgan Creek Campground
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