Idaho: 25 state parks and 3 state trails

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Parks & natural areas 25

Bear Lake State ParkBear Lake runs 20 miles by 8, half in Utah, and its turquoise water deepens so gently that the swimming area…
Bruneau Dunes State ParkNorth America's tallest single-structured sand dune rises 470 feet here, with lakes at its base holding…
Castle Rocks State ParkHundreds of climbing routes, pictographs and old ranch remains share these 1,692 acres, with campsites in the…
City of Rocks National ReserveGranite spires up to 60 stories tall rise across these 14,407 acres, where wagon ruts and pioneer…
Coeur d’Alene’s Old Mission State ParkCatholic missionaries and the Coeur d'Alene Tribe built the Sacred Heart Mission from 1850 to 1853, making it…
Dworshak State ParkOn the west side of Dworshak Reservoir, this 850-acre park pairs 103 campsites and four camper cabins with a…
Eagle Island State ParkThe Boise River flanks this 545-acre former prison farm on two sides, and it now has a swimming beach, a…
Farragut State ParkThe Navy trained 293,381 sailors on these 4,000 acres at the south end of Lake Pend Oreille during World War…
Harriman State ParkEight miles of fly-fishing water wind through the old Railroad Ranch, where moose, elk and trumpeter swans…
Hells Gate State ParkAt 733 feet, this Snake River park is the lowest point in Idaho, with 14-million-year-old basalt columns and…
Henrys Lake State ParkBrook, cutthroat and cut-bow hybrid trout draw anglers to 6,000-acre Henrys Lake, with the Continental Divide…
Heyburn State ParkFounded in 1908 as the oldest park in the Pacific Northwest, Heyburn covers 8,076 acres, 2,332 of them water…
Lake Cascade State ParkSix boat ramps and 10 campgrounds holding 279 sites spread along 86 miles of shoreline, where anglers take…
Lake Walcott State ParkA shaded, grassy day-use lawn and a 21-hole disc golf course sit on 65 acres at the edge of Idaho's high…
Land of the Yankee Fork State ParkMuseum exhibits and a gold panning station at the interpretive center near Challis tell Idaho's frontier…
Lucky Peak State ParkThree day-use units lie just southeast of Boise: Discovery with its reservable shelters, Sandy Point's beach…
Massacre Rocks State ParkBoulders rolled smooth by the prehistoric Bonneville Flood lie along this Snake River park, where Oregon…
McCroskey State ParkVirgil McCroskey gave this ridge-top land to Idaho in 1955 in his mother's name, and the gravel Skyline Drive…
Ponderosa State ParkPayette Lake rings the Peninsula Unit and edges the North Beach Unit across 1,515 acres, with naturalist…
Priest Lake State ParkAlong the east shore of 19-mile Priest Lake below the Selkirk Mountains, the Indian Creek and Lionhead units…
Round Lake State ParkPine, hemlock and larch shade this 58-acre lake, where ospreys dive for perch and hikers come across beaver…
Thousand Springs State ParkSix Magic Valley units make up this park, from Malad Gorge and Box Canyon to the historic farm buildings of…
Three Island Crossing State ParkOregon Trail pioneers faced Idaho's hardest river crossing here, fording the Snake on gravel bars, and their…
Twin Peaks Ranch State ParkTwo fishing ponds and a natural warm spring sit on this 677-acre ranch between the Bitterroot and Lemhi…
Winchester Lake State ParkA forested 418-acre park on the Camas Prairie, Winchester Lake allows electric motors only, and anglers work…

Trails & scenic stops 3

Ashton to Tetonia TrailThis 29.6-mile trail runs between 5,277 and 6,064 feet, passing historic grain elevators such as the old…
Coeur d’Alene ParkwayThis paved, non-motorized path follows Lake Coeur d'Alene's north shore for 5.7 miles as part of the North…
Trail of the Coeur d’AlenesPaved over an old mining rail bed, this 73-mile trail links Mullan and Plummer through the Silver Valley…

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