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Whitehouse Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 46.50952, -114.78339
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Whitehouse Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,274 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Whitehouse 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 Whitehouse Campground · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel3 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- WWater6 mi
- @Mail30 mi
- +Urgent care31 mi
- HHardware32 mi
- MMechanic32 mi
- LLaundry33 mi
- RxPharmacy34 mi
- OOutfitter35 mi
- DDump39 mi
- EVEV fast charger42 mi
- ShShower43 mi
- AAir-up45 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 3 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 42-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 — Whitehouse Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,274 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
46.50952, -114.78339
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Whitehouse Campground · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWendover Creek (stream) · nearby
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~6.2 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesThe Store · ~29.7 mi
EV charging — from Whitehouse Campground · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger41.6 mi straight-line NE — L267 EXPP PL PUBLIC1, Missoula, MT · ChargePoint Network · CCS · 2 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 · 8 within 50 · 18 within 100 · 79 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)43.5 mi — Missoula, MT - Highway 93 North - Tesla Supercharger, Missoula
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO43.7 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)3.1 mi — Lochsa Lodge, Powell, ID (at a hotel) · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-08-15 · hours: 8am-9pm 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 417961 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Whitehouse Campground · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletWendover Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWhitehouse Campground · ~0.3 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWhite Sand Campground · ~4.6 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWarm Springs Trailhead · ~5.4 mi SW · USFS
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Other camps near Whitehouse Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Whitehouse Campground~0.3 mi · fee
- Pow5621Rd-001~0.4 mi
- Pow5621Rd-002~0.5 mi
- Pow586Rd-001~1.0 mi
The unit that manages Whitehouse Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Whitehouse Campground are set by Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Savage Pass at 6,170 ft, about 8 miles away. It sits about 2,896 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 — Whitehouse Campground
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)
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 Whitehouse 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 — Whitehouse Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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