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Idaho's oldest state park, Heyburn, was created in 1908, the first state park in the state and in the Pacific Northwest. [2] For much of the park system's history, it was managed by the Idaho Department of Lands, and briefly by the Idaho Transportation Department in the late 1940s.
Heyburn State Park: Benewah: 8,106 acres 3,280 ha: 2,128 ft 649 m: 1908: Preserves three lakes in the oldest state park in the Pacific Northwest. Lake Cascade State Park: Valley: 500 acres 200 ha: 4,828 ft 1,472 m: 1999: Comprises properties dispersed around Lake Cascade's 86 miles (138 km) of shoreline. Lake Walcott State Park: Minidoka: 65 ...
Land of the Yankee Fork State Park is a history-oriented public recreation area covering 521 acres (211 ha) in Custer County, Idaho, United States. The state park interprets Idaho's frontier mining history, including the ghost towns Bayhorse, Bonanza, and Custer. The interpretive center near Challis has a museum and gold panning station. [1 ...
Location: Benewah County and Kootenai County, Idaho, United States: Nearest city: Plummer, Idaho: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 8,076 acres (32.68 km 2) [2]: Elevation: 2,385 ft (727 m) [1]: Max. elevation: 3,366 ft (1,026 m): Min. elevation: 2,128 ft (649 m): Designation: Idaho state park: Established: 1908 [3]: Named for: Weldon B. Heyburn: Administrator: Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation ...
Location: Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States: Nearest city: St. Charles, Idaho: Coordinates: 1] [2]: Area: 966 acres (391 ha) [1]: Elevation: 5,900 ft (1,800 m) [1]: Designation: Idaho state park: Established: 1969 [3]: Visitors: 162,787 (in 2014-2015) (expressed as Total Visitor Days) [4]: Administrator: Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation: Website: Bear Lake State Park: Bear Lake ...
Hells Gate State Park is a public recreation area located on the southern edge of Lewiston, Idaho, at the Snake River's downstream entrance to Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America. The state park was created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to mitigate the construction of the Lower Granite Dam ; the Idaho Department of Parks and ...
Lake Cascade State Park is a public recreation area consisting of multiple units totaling 500 acres (200 ha) around Lake Cascade, an impoundment of the North Fork of the Payette River that covers 27,000 acres (11,000 ha) [3] in Valley County, Idaho, United States. The state park includes 279 individual campsites in 10 developed campgrounds, six ...
Lake Walcott State Park is a public recreation area located near the Minidoka Dam six miles (9.7 km) east of Acequia in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States. The state park encompasses 65 acres (26 ha) on the western shore on Lake Walcott , an 8,000-acre (3,200 ha) impoundment of the Snake River . [ 3 ]