List of Idaho state parks

This is a list of Idaho's 27 state parks managed by the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation. In Idaho state code, there are 30 state parks listed, including Mowry State Park, Veteran's State Park, and Glade Creek. While these three remain state property, they are managed by entities other than the state of Idaho:

• Veterans Park in Boise is managed by the City of Boise Parks Department
• Mowry State Park on Lake Coeur d'Alene is managed by Kootenai Parks and Waterways
• Glade Creek near Lolo Pass is managed by the U.S. Forest Service

State parks

Name	County	Size		Elevation		Estab- lished	Image	Remarks
		acre	ha	feet	meters
Bear Lake State Park	Bear Lake			1969	File:DSCN6179 bearlake e.jpg	Comprises two properties on the shore of Bear Lake.
Bruneau Dunes State Park	Owyhee			1967	File:Bruneau sand dunes.jpg	Showcases dunes rising up to above several small lakes.
Castle Rocks State Park	Cassia			2003	File:Castle Rocks Idaho.jpg	Features granite spires and an early-20th century ranch at the base of Cache Peak.
City of Rocks National Reserve	Cassia			1988	File:City of Rocks NR view 072617.jpg	Showcases granite spires and monoliths popular for rock climbing.
Dworshak State Park	Clearwater			1989	File:DworshakReservoir.jpg	Comprises three properties on the shore of the reservoir created by the Dworshak Dam.
Eagle Island State Park	Ada			1983	File:EagleIslandStatePark.jpeg	Features day-use recreational facilities, including a swimming beach and water slide, near Boise.
Farragut State Park	Kootenai			1966	File:P1010056 (382915584).jpg	Features recreational facilities on Lake Pend Oreille at the site of a former U.S. Navy training base.
Harriman State Park	Fremont			1977		Preserves expansive wildlife habitat, a historic ranch, and fly fishing in Henrys Fork within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Hells Gate State Park	Idaho			1973	File:OR hells canyon.jpg	Contains the mouth of Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America.
Henrys Lake State Park	Fremont			1973	File:Us-id-fremont-henrys-lake-aerial.jpg	Adjoins Henrys Lake west of Yellowstone National Park.
Heyburn State Park	Benewah			1908	File:Heyburn State Park, Idaho.jpg	Preserves three lakes in the oldest state park in the Pacific Northwest.
Lake Cascade State Park	Valley			1999	File:Cascade-dam-id-us.png	Comprises properties dispersed around Lake Cascade's of shoreline.
Lake Walcott State Park	Minidoka			1999	File:Walcott-lake-id-us.png	Provides water recreation at the northwest end of Lake Walcott.
Land of the Yankee Fork State Park	Custer			1990	File:Yankee Fork gold dredge.jpg	Interprets Idaho's frontier mining history, including the ghost towns of Bayhorse, Bonanza, and Custer.
Lucky Peak State Park	Ada			1956	File:Lucky peak.jpg	Comprises three day-use areas east of Boise on Lucky Peak Lake and the Boise River.
Massacre Rocks State Park	Power			1967	File:DSCN6343 devilsgateidaho e.jpg	Preserves a boulder field on the Snake River where emigrants on the Oregon and California Trails feared ambush by Native Americans.
McCroskey State Park	Benewah, Latah			1955	File:McCroskeysouth.jpg	Offers a scenic drive along a ridge overlooking the Palouse.
Old Mission State Park	Kootenai			1975	File:Cataldo Mission Interior 02.jpg	Interprets the oldest standing building in Idaho, finished in 1853 as a Jesuit mission to the Coeur d'Alene people.
Ponderosa State Park	Valley			1973	File:Payette Lake North Shore Sunrise.jpg	Preserves a peninsula jutting into Payette Lake.
Priest Lake State Park	Bonner			1973		Comprises three units around Priest Lake in the Selkirk Mountains.
Round Lake State Park	Bonner			1965	File:Round Lake State Park.jpg	Surrounds a lake.
Thousand Springs State Park	Gooding			2005	File:Niagara Springs Idaho.jpg	Comprises multiple units in the Hagerman Valley where numerous springs charged by the Snake River Aquifer flow out of the eastern valley wall.
Three Island Crossing State Park	Elmore			1968	File:Three Island Crossing Oregon National Historic Trail (23749131021).jpg	Interprets the site of a ford over the Snake River on the Oregon Trail,
Winchester Lake State Park	Lewis			1969		Surrounds a lake known for its rainbow trout fishing.

State trails

Name	County	Length		Elevation		Estab- lished	Image	Remarks
		mi	km	feet	meters
Ashton to Tetonia Trail	Fremont, Teton			2010		Follows the abandoned railroad grade of the Teton Valley Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Coeur d'Alene Parkway State Park	Kootenai					Provides a walking and bicycling path along the north shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene, as the east end of the North Idaho Centennial Trail.
Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes	Benewah, Kootenai, Shoshone			2004	File:Trail of Coeur d'Alenes.jpg	Comprises a paved rail trail across the Idaho Panhandle.

See also

• List of U.S. national parks
• National Parks in Idaho

External links

• Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation