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Willow Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 43.95899, -115.53138
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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.
Can I go now? — Willow Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
Open today Season May 15 – Oct 15 (about). Closes after Oct 15.
U.S. Forest Service record: “Mid-May - Mid-October” 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 Willow Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,380 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Willow 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 Willow Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater10 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery18 mi
- @Mail18 mi
- LLaundry33 mi
- ShShower33 mi
- OOutfitter40 mi
- +Urgent care41 mi
- RxPharmacy41 mi
- MMechanic41 mi
- HHardware41 mi
- DDump42 mi
- EVEV fast charger43 mi
- AAir-up43 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 12 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 43-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 — Willow Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,380 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
43.95899, -115.53138
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Willow Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townLowman · ~9.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesGold Mine Gas Station · ~17.7 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
EV charging — from Willow Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger42.9 mi straight-line SW — Boise, ID - North Orchard Street - Tesla Supercharger (at a restaurant) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 13 within 50 · 38 within 100 · 51 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS44.1 mi — AAA OR ID AAA-BOI3, Boise
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO44.1 mi — AAA OR ID AAA-BOI3, Boise
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)32.8 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
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Fairly Reliable Bob's, Boise, 41.4 mi · J1772 · hours: Dealership business hours; customer and service center use only · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 313094 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Willow Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletWillow Creek Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletEdna Creek Campground · ~4.5 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWhoop-Um-Up Trailhead · ~4.9 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWhoop-Um-Up Equestrian Camp · ~4.9 mi W · USFS
Open Willow Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Willow Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Beaver Creek Group Campground~3.9 mi · fee
- Edna Creek~4.5 mi
- Whoop-Um-Up Equestrian Camp~4.9 mi · fee
- Hayfork Group Campground~9.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Willow Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Willow Creek Campground are set by Boise National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Mores Creek Summit at 6,090 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 710 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 — Willow Creek Campground
Open season
Mid-May - Mid-October
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: Boise National Forest's own site page for Willow Creek Campground (Idaho City), https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/boise/recreation/willow-creek-campground-idaho-city (read 2026-08-24; page "Last updated" May 20, 2026), "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 06206 / MANAGING_ORG 040203), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "No drinking water is available". Page "Seasons of Use": "Mid-May - Mid-October" -- that is the season of the SITE, not a statement about when the water is turned on. Channels agree; nightshift fire 1680.
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 Willow 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
- 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 — Willow Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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