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The Bruneau – Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness was created by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009. Also created in the Omnibus Land Act were five additional southwestern Idaho wilderness areas in Owyhee County, collectively known as the Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness Areas: [5] [6]
The spring water emerges from the bedrock 30 feet above the river at a temperature of 149 °F (65 °C). [4] [5] The springs have five rock pools, and part of the hot spring water cools to 102° as it cascades off a rock to create a primitive hot shower. [6] Mineral content of the water includes calcium, potassium, magnesium, sulfate, with a pH ...
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The Jarbidge River is a 51.8-mile-long (83.4 km), [3] high elevation river in Elko County, Nevada, and Owyhee County, Idaho, in the United States.The Jarbidge originates as two main forks in the Jarbidge Mountains of northeastern Nevada and then flows through basalt and rhyolite canyons on the high plateau of the Owyhee Desert before joining the Bruneau River.
Bear River (Boise River tributary) – Bear River tributary of the Boise River, Idaho Bear River (Great Salt Lake) – Bear River in SE Idaho, SW Wyoming, and NE Utah corner Beaver dam
The Middle Fork of the Salmon River is a 104-mile-long (167 km) river in central Idaho in the northwestern United States. [1] It is a tributary to the Salmon River , and lies in the center of the 2.5-million-acre (3,900 sq mi; 10,000 km 2 ) Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area .
The Bruneau Canyon, which is up to 1,200 feet (370 m) deep and forty miles (65 km) long, features rapids and hot springs, making it a popular whitewater trip. The Bruneau River's drainage basin is bounded by the Jarbidge Mountains to the southeast, the Owyhee Mountains and Chalk Hills to the west, and the Bruneau Plateau to the east. [2]
The Idaho Hot Springs Mountain Bike Route is an off-road bicycle touring route in central Idaho. Developed by Adventure Cycling Association, the route consists of 518 miles of mostly dirt roads and 227 miles of optional singletrack, with access to more than 50 hot springs. [1]