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Whiskey Flat Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 44.25487, -114.55240
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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? — Whiskey Flat Campground · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Open today Season Jun 1 – Sep 30. Closes after Sep 30.
U.S. Forest Service record: “June - 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 Whiskey Flat Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,651 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Whiskey 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 Whiskey Flat Campground · Sawtooth National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- LLaundry20 mi
- ShShower20 mi
- RxPharmacy24 mi
- +Urgent care24 mi
- DDump26 mi
- WWater41 mi
- EVEV fast charger52 mi
- MMechanic55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 41-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 4 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 52-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 — Whiskey Flat Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,651 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
44.25487, -114.55240
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Whiskey Flat Campground · Sawtooth National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townClayton · ~8.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~4.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~26.3 mi
- GroceriesOld sawmill Station · ~4.2 mi
- PharmacyBengal Pharmacy · ~24.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicChallis Area Health Clinic · ~24.0 mi
EV charging — from Whiskey Flat Campground · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger52.1 mi straight-line S — Hailey, ID (at a public site) · RIVIAN_ADVENTURE · CCS · 6 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 · 21 within 100 · 70 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)55.8 mi — Bellevue, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Bellevue
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO52.3 mi — ANNEX EVCS BLAINE COUNTY 1, Hailey
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)19.6 mi — Redfish Lake Lodge, Stanley, ID (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 398508 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Whiskey Flat Campground · Sawtooth National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletWhiskey Flat Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHolman Creek Cg · ~1.1 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletIndian Riffles · ~6.8 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLower O'Brien Cg · ~7.0 mi W · USFS
Open Whiskey Flat Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Whiskey Flat Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Holman Creek Cg~1.1 mi · fee
- Lower O'Brien Cg~7.0 mi · fee
- Upper O'Brien Cg~7.2 mi · fee
- Stovepipe Springs Dispersed Campground~7.7 mi
The unit that manages Whiskey Flat Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Whiskey Flat Campground are set by Sawtooth National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Mill Creek Summit at 8,780 ft, about 15 miles away. It sits about 3,129 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 — Whiskey Flat Campground
Open season
June - 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: $14 per night, single family site (second vehicle $7; Senior/Access pass rate $7). The camp's own page publishes no amount and points to the Sawtooth NRA fee schedule, which lists it as Whiskey Flats Campground. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/sawtooth/recreation/sawtooth-national-recreation-area-fees-policies (NRA fee schedule, last updated August 12, 2025). || Water: Sawtooth National Forest's own site page for Whiskey Flats Campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/sawtooth/recreation/whiskey-flats-campground (read 2026-08-24; page "Last updated" July 14, 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 40055 / MANAGING_ORG 041404), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "No water is available". Page "Seasons of Use": "June - September" -- that is the season of the SITE, not a statement about when the water is turned on. NOTE ON THE MATCH: our lead is named "Whiskey Flat Campground" and the forest's page is titled "Whiskey Flats Campground" -- the two were joined on coordinates (0.001 mi apart), not on the name. recreation.gov facility 10165741 ("Whiskey Flat Campground") publishes no amenity list, so it neither confirms nor contradicts this. No natural water anywhere near this site is claimed to be potable. Agency record only -- not field-verified. Nightshift fire 1680 (Idaho batch 2).
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 Whiskey 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
- 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 — Whiskey Flat Campground
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Cold-weather camping →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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