List of Parks
| Park Name | Web- site |
County or Counties |
Area in Acres (Ha) |
Elevation | Year Estab- lished |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Lake State Park | Bear Lake | 7002966000000000000966 acres (391 ha) | 70035900000000000005,900 ft (1,800 m) | 1969 | Comprises two properties on the shore of Bear Lake. | |
| Bruneau Dunes State Park | Owyhee | 70034800000000000004,800 acres (1,900 ha) | 70032470000000000002,470 ft (750 m) | 1970 | Showcases dunes rising up to 470 feet (140 m) above several small lakes. | |
| Castle Rocks State Park | Cassia | 70031440000000000001,440 acres (580 ha) | 70035620000000000005,620 ft (1,710 m) | 2004 | Features granite spires and an early-20th Century ranch at the base of 10,339-foot (3,151 m) Cache Peak. | |
| City of Rocks National Reserve | Cassia | 700414407000000000014,407 acres (5,830 ha) | 70035720000000000005,720 ft (1,740 m) | 1988 | Showcases granite spires and monoliths popular for rock climbing. | |
| Coeur d'Alene Parkway State Park | Kootenai | 700134000000000000034 acres (14 ha) | 70032187000000000002,187 ft (667 m) | 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. | ||
| Coeur d'Alene's Old Mission State Park | Kootenai | 700118000000000000018 acres (7.3 ha) | 70032200000000000002,200 ft (670 m) | 1975 | Interprets the oldest standing building in Idaho, finished in 1853 as a Jesuit mission to the Coeur d'Alene people. | |
| Dworshak State Park | Clearwater | 7002850000000000000850 acres (340 ha) | 70031600000000000001,600 ft (490 m) | 1989 | Comprises three properties on the shore of the reservoir created by the Dworshak Dam. | |
| Eagle Island State Park | Ada | 7002545000000000000545 acres (221 ha) | 70032724000000000002,724 ft (830 m) | 1977 | Features day-use recreational facilities, including a swimming beach and water slide, near Boise. | |
| Farragut State Park | Kootenai | 70034000000000000004,000 acres (1,600 ha) | 70032054000000000002,054 ft (626 m) | 1964 | Features recreational facilities on the southwest arm of Lake Pend Oreille, on the site of a former U.S. Navy training base during World War II. | |
| Harriman State Park | Fremont | 700411000000000000011,000 acres (4,500 ha) | 70036120000000000006,120 ft (1,870 m) | 1977 | Preserves expansive wildlife habitat, a historic ranch, and fly fishing in Henrys Fork within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. | |
| Hells Gate State Park | Idaho | 7002960000000000000960 acres (390 ha) | 7002733000000000000733 ft (223 m) | 1973 | Contains the mouth of Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America. | |
| Henrys Lake State Park | Fremont | 7002585000000000000585 acres (237 ha) | 70036470000000000006,470 ft (1,970 m) | 1973 | Adjoins a high mountain lake named after explorer Andrew Henry, located 15 miles (24 km) outside Yellowstone National Park. | |
| Heyburn State Park | Benewah | 70035774000000000005,774 acres (2,337 ha) | 70032128000000000002,128 ft (649 m) | 1908 | Preserves three lakes in the oldest state park in the Pacific Northwest. | |
| Lake Cascade State Park | Valley | 70034450000000000004,450 acres (1,800 ha) | 70034825000000000004,825 ft (1,471 m) | Comprises properties dispersed around Lake Cascade's 86 miles (138 km) of shoreline. | ||
| Lake Walcott State Park | Minidoka | 700165000000000000065 acres (26 ha) | 70034700000000000004,700 ft (1,400 m) | 1999 | Provides water recreation opportunities at the northwest end of Lake Walcott. | |
| Land of the Yankee Fork State Park | Custer | 7002520900000000000520.9 acres (210.8 ha) | 70035001000000000005,001 ft (1,524 m) | 1990 | Interprets Idaho's frontier mining history, including the ghost towns of Bayhorse, Bonanza, and Custer. | |
| Lucky Peak State Park | Ada | 70032750000000000002,750 ft (840 m) | 1956 | Comprises three day-use areas just outside Boise on Lucky Peak Lake and the Boise River. | ||
| Massacre Rocks State Park | Power | 7002990000000000000990 acres (400 ha) | 70034400000000000004,400 ft (1,300 m) | 1967 | 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 and Latah | 70035300000000000005,300 acres (2,100 ha) | 70033039000000000003,039 ft (926 m) | 1955 | Offers a scenic drive along a ridge overlooking the Palouse. | |
| Ponderosa State Park | Valley | 70031515000000000001,515 acres (613 ha) | 70035050000000000005,050 ft (1,540 m) | 1973 | Preserves a peninsula jutting into Payette Lake. | |
| Priest Lake State Park | Bonner | 7002755000000000000755 acres (306 ha) | 70032440000000000002,440 ft (740 m) | 1973 | Comprises three units around Priest Lake in the Selkirk Mountains just 30 miles (48 km) from the Canada – United States border. | |
| Round Lake State Park | Bonner | 7002142000000000000142 acres (57 ha) | 70032122000000000002,122 ft (647 m) | Surrounds a 58-acre (23 ha) lake. | ||
| Thousand Springs State Park | Gooding | 70031500000000000001,500 acres (610 ha) | 70032800000000000002,800 ft (850 m) | 2005 | 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 | 7002613000000000000613 acres (248 ha) | 70032484000000000002,484 ft (757 m) | 1968 | Interprets the site of a famous ford over the Snake River on the Oregon Trail, | |
| Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes | Benewah, Kootenai, and Shoshone | Comprises a 73-mile (117 km) paved rail trail across the Idaho Panhandle. | ||||
| Winchester Lake State Park | Lewis | 7002418000000000000418 acres (169 ha) | 70033900000000000003,900 ft (1,200 m) | 1969 | Surrounds a 104-acre (42 ha) lake known for its rainbow trout fishing. |
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