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Whiskey Rock Bay Day Use
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 48.05043, -116.45277
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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 Whiskey Rock Bay Day Use
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,115 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Whiskey Rock Bay Day UseNIFC · 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 Rock Bay Day Use · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater7 mi
- DDump8 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- EVEV fast charger12 mi
- +Urgent care13 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- LLaundry20 mi
- ShShower29 mi
- PPropane30 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, 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 — Whiskey Rock Bay Day Use
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,115 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
48.05043, -116.45277
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Whiskey Rock Bay Day Use · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townCedar Creek · ~2.2 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~7.0 mi
- FuelConoco · ~11.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesConoco · ~11.8 mi
- PharmacyAlbertsons Pharmacy · ~26.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicClinic · ~15.1 mi
- HardwareHayden Ace Hardware · ~25.5 mi
EV charging — from Whiskey Rock Bay Day Use · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.9 mi straight-line NW — Northern Lights Inc, Sagle, ID · LOOP · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-07-15 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 25 within 50 · 60 within 100 · 97 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)28.4 mi — Coeur d'Alene, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Coeur d'Alene
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO28.9 mi — Newport Hospital, Newport
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)15.4 mi — EstateOnTheLakeBandB.com - Tesla Destination, Dover, ID · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- Pricing at the fast charger$1 activation fee; $0.30 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 348822 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Whiskey Rock Bay Day Use · Idaho Panhandle National Forests · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletWhiskey Rock Bay · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWhiskey Rock Bay · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMaiden Rock · ~4.3 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGreen Bay · ~9.1 mi N · USFS
Open Whiskey Rock Bay Day Use elsewhere
Other camps near Whiskey Rock Bay Day Use
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Evans Landing~4.1 mi
- Maiden Rock~4.3 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #549~6.6 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — ID #71~6.7 mi
The unit that manages Whiskey Rock Bay Day Use
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Whiskey Rock Bay Day Use are set by Idaho Panhandle National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Mosquito Ridge at 5,270 ft, about 10 miles away. It sits about 3,155 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 Rock Bay Day Use
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) || Water 2026-08-24 (nightshift fire 120): USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse Recreation Sites layer (apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0), extract cached locally as data\_mt_water_edw.json, objectid 2357906, site "WHISKEY ROCK BAY" (recreation area "Whiskey Rock Bay"), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "No drinking water is available". Matched to this camp on coordinates (0.0735 mi from the agency point), name confirmed. Agency record only -- not field-verified, and no natural water here is claimed to be potable.
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 Rock Bay Day Use
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 — Whiskey Rock Bay Day Use
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dumping grey & black →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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