Idaho National Parks, National Monuments and More in Idaho

National Park Service

City Of Rocks National Reserve
James Wilkins was among the first wagon travelers, 1849, to fix the name City of Rocks to what looked like "a dismantled, rock-built city of the Stone Age." California Trail pioneers were leaving civilization as they knew it in the East for new lives in the West. Beginning in 1843, City of Rocks was a landmark for emigrants on the California Trail and Salt Lake Alternate Trail and later on freight routes and the Kelton, Utah to Boise, Idaho stage route.

Craters Of The Moon National Monument and Preserve
The Craters of the Moon lava field spreads across 618 square miles and is the largest young basaltic lava field in the lower 48 states. The Monument and Preserve contain more than 25 volcanic cones including outstanding examples of spatter cones. Sixty distinct lava flows form the Craters of the Moon lava field ranging in age from 15,000 to just 2,000 years old.

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
The Monument is internationally significant because it protects the world's richest known fossil deposits from a time period called the late Pliocene epoch, 3.5 million years ago.

Minidoka Internment National Monument
Minidoka Internment National Monument was established to commemorate the hardships and sacrifices of Japanese Americans interned there during World War II. Also known as the 'Hunt Camp', the Minidoka Relocation Center was a 33,000-acre site with over 600 buildings and a total population of about 13,000 internees held from Washington, Oregon, and Alaska.

Nez Perce National Historical Park
The 38 sites of Nez Perce National Historical Park are scattered across the states of Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana. It has been designated to commemorate the stories and history of the Nimiipuu and their interaction with explorers, fur traders, missionaries, soldiers, settlers, gold miners, and farmers who moved through or into the area.

Bureau of Land Management

Balanced Rock

Birds of Prey Scenic Float

Blackfoot River

Bonneville Point Section of the Oregon Trail

Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Recreation Area

Caldron Linn

Clearwater River Recreation Area

Coeur d'Alene Lake

Cottonwood Recreation Site

Craters of the Moon National Monument

Fish Creek Reservoir

Gooding City of Rocks

Great Rift Backcountry Area

Hawkins Reservoir Campground

Hell's Half Acre Lava Flow

Jimmy Smith Lake Trailhead

Lower Salmon River

Lucky Peak Rock Climbing Area

Mackay Reservoir Recreation Sites

Magic Reservoir

Owyhee Uplands Backcountry Byway

Payette River

Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir

Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area

St. Anthony Sand Dunes

Steck Park

Thorn Creek Reservoir

Bureau of Reclamation

American Falls Reservoir

Anderson Ranch Reservoir Boat Ramps

Arrowrock Reservoir

Black Canyon Reservoir

Deadwood Reservoir

Grassy Lake

Island Park Reservoir

Lake Cascade

Lake Lowell

Lake Waha

Lake Walcott

Little Wood River Reservoir

Mann Creek Reservoir

Montour Wildlife/Recreation Management Area

Palisades Reservoir

Reservoir A

Ririe Reservoir

Soldiers Meadow Reservoir

Thief Valley Dam and Reservoir

Warm Springs Reservoir

USDA Forest Service

Boise National Forest

Caribou National Forest and Curlew National Grassland

Clearwater National Forest

Idaho Panhandle National Forest

Nez Perce National Forest

Payette National Forest

Salmon-Challis National Forests

Sawtooth National Forest & Sawtooth National Recreation Area

Targhee National Forest

Fish and Wildlife Service

Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Camas National Wildlife Refuge

Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge

Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge

Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge

Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area

US Army Corps of Engineers

Albeni Falls Dam and Lake Pend Oreille

Dworshak Dam and Reservoir

Lucky Peak Lake