Idaho
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About Idaho
Idaho’s landscape is one of the most mountainous in the West with awesome snow capped peaks, alpine lakes, canyons, free-flowing rivers, cascading waterfalls, high country deserts, rolling hills, hot springs and sand dunes. Idaho offers tremendous fishing waters, rafting, walking along historic trails in pristine backcountry, climbing granite rock formations and excellent skiing and snowmobiling. It also is home to the largest elk herds that draw hunters from all over the world. Idaho has more than 3000 km of byways past rock formations, along tumbling rivers and through lava flows, making it a great state for scenic drives.
Good to know
- Capital: Boise
- Climate: Eastern Idaho has a continental climate, with climatic conditions varying with the elevation. Much greater accumulations of snow in the mountains. Mean temperatures in Boise range from –2°C in January to 23°C in July.
- Timezone: UTC -7
- No. of inhabitants: 1,393,262 (2004)
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Highlights
- Bruneau Canyon Overlook offers a view into a 366 m deep, 244 m wide river canyon
- World famous hot springs in Lava Hot Springs
- Hells Canyon is the deepest river gorge in America, deeper than the Grand Canyon
- Shoshone Falls, The Niagara of the West, spills over a 212-foot drop near Twin Falls
- Sun Valley resort with great skiing facilities
- The Craters of the Moon National Monument
- Nez Percé National Historic Park
- Boise with the State Historical Museum
- Sawtooth National Recreation Area in south-central Idaho
Getting Around
- The International Selkirk Loop with connection to Canada through an area linked by lakes and rivers. Visitors tread in the footsteps of Native Americans, gold seekers and early settlers
- Northwest Passage Scenic Byway passes through the Camas Prairie
- Payette River Scenic Byway with views of mountain forests, Payette Lake, Cascade Reservoir, and the white water rapids of the Payette River
- Pend Oreille Scenic Byway-where you can see the effects of ice age floods that shaped the North American continent and carries you to miles of recreational beaches
- Western Heritage Historic Byway-traverses some of the most impressive terrain in the state of Idaho through high deserts and deep canyons
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