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8th Street Trailhead

Overview The 8th Street Trailhead provides visitors with trail access to a motorized trail (Trail #4 Motorcycle Trail), several non-motorized trails (#31 Corrals, #29 Lower Hulls Gulch, #28 Crestline, and #24 Sidewinder), and a pedestrian only trail (#0 Hulls Gulch...

Agency Creek Campground

Overview Agency Creek Campground (4 campsites) is located along the Lewis and Clark National Backcountry Byway, near the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. At the top of the pass, there is a...

St. Anthony Sand Dunes

Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY. Overview The St. Anthony Sand Dunes consists of 10,600 acres of clear, shifting, white quartz sand. Although much of the sand dunes is managed as a wilderness study...

Appendicitis Hill Wilderness Study Area

In Idaho, BLM manages nearly 22,000 acres of public lands in Appendicitis Hill Wilderness Study Area. Appendictis Hill lies between Antelope Creek and the Big Lost River drainages. This mountainous area includes Crawford Peak rising over 8,500 feet, almost 2,900...

Balanced Rock

South of Buhl in the Salmon Falls Creek Canyon stands world-famous Balanced Rock. Over 48 feet tall and 40 tons, the wind-carved rock balances precariously on a pedestal only 3 feet by 17 inches. Nearby Balanced Rock Park is a...

Battle Creek Wild and Scenic River

Battle Creek flows through a narrow, extremely meandering 200 foot deep canyon. The canyon consists of nearly continuous vertical walls of rhyolite which are about 1/8 mile apart. Over the next 20 miles the canyon will widen to no more...

Bayhorse Recreation Site

Overview Bayhorse Campground is at 5400-foot elevation and is ten miles south of Challis on Highway 75. Named for a historic mining district, Bayhorse Campground has 11 campsites along the Salmon River offering plentiful fishing. Anglers come for the resident...

Bear Den Butte Wilderness Study Area

In Idaho, BLM manages nearly 10,000 acres of public lands in the Black Den Butte Wilderness Study Area. Outstanding opportunities for solitude can be found here. The rugged volcanic features and desert environment have opportunities for camping, hiking and hunting.

Beauty Bay Recreation Site

Overview This small, seven unit picnic area offers a pleasant highway rest stop near the edge of the forest. A short half-mile trail offers scenic views of Coeur d’Alene Lake. An 800-foot paved path leads to a viewing deck overlooking...

Big Cottonwood Campground

Overview Two-wheel drive vehicles are sufficient to reach the campground, located on the East Fork of the Jarbidge River about half a mile north of Murphy Hot Springs.

Big Jacks Creek Wild and Scenic River

Enveloped by sheer and terraced canyon walls, the creek is surrounded by riparian vegetation. Redband trout are found in the creek and bighorn sheep inhabit the canyon. A few trails that access this area. This is not a boatable section...

Big Jacks Creek Wilderness Area

Overview BLM manages more than 52,000 acres of public land in the Big Jacks Creek Wilderness. The Owyhee Canyonlands is a huge and remote area of eastern Oregon, southwestern Idaho and northern Nevada. Hidden within this vast high desert plateau...

Big Lost River Access Trail

Overview The Big Lost River Access Trail begins outside of Mackay, Idaho and provides visitors with hiking, fishing, and wildlife viewing opportunities. This trail is about 1 mile long, one way, and open to non-motorized use only. The Big Lost...

Big Southern Butte

Overview Big Southern Butte is one of two rhyolitic domes rising from a sea of basalt near the center of the eastern Snake River Plain (of the nearby Twin Buttes, East Butte is rhyolitic and Middle Butte is basaltic). The...

Birch Creek Campground

Overview This campground includes approximately 25 campsites with amenities such as picnic tables, fire rings, and restrooms, located along Birch Creek. Additionally, there are a variety of large undeveloped camping areas without picnic tables or fire rings south of the...
Birds of Prey Scenic Float
Birds of Prey Scenic Float

Birds of Prey Scenic Float

You can see the birds of prey in their natural river canyon habitat on a scenic float trip. South of Boise, the Snake River has cut a canyon where more eagles, hawks, and falcons nest each spring in greater concentrations...

Black Butte Wilderness Study Area

In Idaho, BLM manages more than 4,000 acres of public lands in the Black Butte Wilderness Study Area. Black Butte is an inactive volcano of recent origin (4000 to 6000 years ago) rising about 200 feet above the surrounding older...

Black Canyon (I) Wilderness Study Area

In Idaho, BLM manages over 10,000 acres of public lands in the Black Canyon I Wilderness Study Area. Located at the southern toe of the Lemhi Mountain Range, this landscape is characterized by rocky canyons massive cliffs and faults. The...

Black Canyon (II) Wilderness Study Area

In Idaho, BLM manages over 5,000 acres of public lands in the Black Canyon II Wilderness Study Area. The landscape is dominated by vertical-walled canyons caves and other rock formations of geologic interest. These formations are picturesque and provide important...
Blackfoot Reservoir boat ramp parking lot.
Blackfoot Reservoir boat ramp parking lot.

Blackfoot Reservoir Campground

Overview Blackfoot Reservoir Campground is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and is located on the southwest end of the Blackfoot Reservoir. The Reservoir covers 18,000 surface acres when full and is the second largest reservoir in southeastern...

Blackfoot River

Overview Along the Blackfoot River, located in Central Idaho, there are 5 campgrounds managed by the BLM. From north to south they are: Trail Creek Bridge, Morgan's Bridge, Graves Creek, Cutthroat Trout and Sagehen Flats. These campgrounds are developed and...

Blackrock Canyon Recreation Site

Overview The Blackrock Canyon is associated with the Chinese Peak – Blackrock Rock Trail System, providing non-motorized and motorized users over 40 miles of trails to utilize for OHV, equestrian, mountain biking and hiking. This site is equipped with sheltered...

Blackwell Island Recreation Site

Overview The Blackwell Island Recreation site opened in 2003, providing boat access to Lake Coeur d’Alene and the Spokane River. Amenities at the site include 130 vehicle-with-trailer parking spaces, 34 single vehicle parking spaces and four accessible boat launch lanes...

Blue Creek Bay Recreation Site and Trail

Overview Blue Creek Bay Recreation Site, located within the 736-acre Wallace Forest Conservation Area, is popular for hiking, mountain biking, horse riding, picnicking, fishing and boating. The day-use area provides three picnic sites with tables and grills. An accessible small...

Bonneville Point

Overview Stand in the same spot where Captain Benjamin Bonneville and his expedition party overlooked the valley he named Les Bois, site of the city that today bears the same name Boise. The view takes in the entire Treasure Valley...

Borah Peak Wilderness Study Area

In Idaho, BLM manages over 3,000 acres of public lands in the Borah Peak Wilderness Study Area. This steep west-sloping terrain includes vegetation of sagebrush-grass with scattered mountain mahogany. At 12,655 feet, Borah Peak is the highest point in Idaho...

Box Creek Wilderness Study Area

In Idaho, BLM manages over 440 acres of public lands in the Box Creek Wilderness Study Area. This area includes rolling to extremely steep terrain supporting mixed conifer forest of Douglas-fir, subalpine fir, Englemann spruce, lodgepole pine, ponderosa pine and...
Bruneau River Overlook
Bruneau River Overlook

Bruneau Canyon Overlook

Overview Welcome to the Grand Canyon of Southwest Idaho! This canyon was shaped by an astounding combination of volcanism, glacial melt and regional drainage patterns. The Bruneau Overlook is the only readily accessible spot to view this spectacular canyon carved...

Bruneau River Launch Site

Overview Hidden within a vast high desert plateau are deep canyons carved by the Owyhee, Bruneau and Jarbidge Rivers in a remote area of southwestern Idaho. Nearly 40 miles of Bruneau River's 50-mile total length are designated as wild. Volcanic...

Bruneau River Take-Out

Overview Hidden within a vast high desert plateau are deep canyons carved by the Owyhee, Bruneau and Jarbidge Rivers in a remote area of southwestern Idaho. Nearly 40 miles of Bruneau River's 50-mile total length are designated as wild. Volcanic...

Bruneau Wild and Scenic River

Hidden within a vast high desert plateau are deep canyons carved by the Owyhee, Bruneau and Jarbidge Rivers in a remote area of southwestern Idaho. Nearly 40 miles of Bruneau River's 50-mile total length are designated as wild. Volcanic caves...
Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness Area
Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness Area

Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness Area

Overview BLM manages more than 90,000 acres of public lands in the Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness. The Owyhee Canyonlands is a huge and remote area of eastern Oregon, southwestern Idaho and northern Nevada. Hidden within this vast high desert plateau are...

Burnt Creek Wilderness Study Area

Overview Burnt Creek Wilderness Study Area (WSA) is comprised of 24,980 acres designated as having wilderness characteristics. There are open sloping sagebrush and grass-covered hills in the north and east and steep terrain with scattered pockets of Douglas-fir and juniper...

California National Historic Trail

Explore the California trail to follow in the footsteps of over 250,000 emigrants who traveled to the gold fields and rich farmlands of California during the 1840s and 1850s-the greatest mass migration in American history. More than 1,000 miles of...

Cedar Butte Wilderness Study Area

In Idaho, BLM manages nearly 36,000 acres of public lands in the Cedar Butte Wilderness Study Area. Lava flows here date back over 10,000 years. Several species of mammals live here including rodents, mule deer, antelope, coyotes, rabbits and over...

Cedar Creek Reservoir

Overview Cedar Creek Reservoir, also known as Roseworth Reservoir, is located about 17 miles west of Rogerson, Idaho. The reservoir was created in 1910 by the construction of a dam across Cedar Creek by the Idaho Farm Development Company. This...

Celebration Park

Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY. Overview Situated along the Snake River, Celebration Park (managed by Canyon County) was established as Idaho's only archaeological park in 1989. A walk through the basalt deposited by...

Challis Bridge Recreation Site

Overview The Challis Bridge Recreation Site along the Upper Salmon River is day use area, there is no camping at this site. The site is surrounded by a grove of cottonwoods offering shade from the summer sun and has restrooms...

China Cup Butte ISA Wilderness Study Area

In Idaho, BLM manages nearly 36,000 acres of public lands in the China Cup Butte Wilderness Study Area. This geologically important area features an almost perfectly circular cone 1,260 feet in diameter with a 100-foot deep crater located about nine...

Clay Peak

Overview Challenge your skills as you ride your motorcycle or OHV on a variety of terrains in this OHV play area. Numerous trails, hill climbs and race courses will help you hone your abilities. Several competitive events are held throughout...

Coeur d'Alene Lake

The sparkling waters of Lake Coeurd'Alene, considered one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, offer many different kinds of outdoor recreational activities year-round in a setting of exceptional scenic beauty.

Cottonwood Creek Wild and Scenic River

Overview Cottonwood Creek has dense riparian vegetation and tight meanders. Redband trout are found in the creek and mule deer are common in the area. Access to the area is difficult. This is not a boatable section of river. Know...

Cottonwood Recreation Site

Overview The Cottonwood Recreation Site sits among groves of cottonwoods along the scenic Upper Salmon River and provides a beautiful setting for fishing and camping. It has a campground, day-use area, and boat ramp. There is typically reliable cell phone...

Cove Recreation Site

Overview Cove Recreation Site, on C.J. Strike Reservoir, is the BLM's only improved public camping facility within the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area (NCA). This site is first come, first served. Facilities at this fee...

Crater Peak

This is one of three primitive backcountry campsites along Forest Road 301 on the south side of the Widow Mountain Wilderness Study Area (WSA). A vault toilet is available at the site however no garbage or other services are provided.

Craters of the Moon National Monument

Established in 1924, Craters of the Moon National Monument celebrated its 75th birthday in 1999. The area is managed cooperatively by the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management(BLM). The Monument is a geologic wonder cast in a...
Share the Experience Photo Contest - Photo Courtesy of Peter Reali
Share the Experience Photo Contest - Photo Courtesy of Peter Reali

Craters of the Moon National Monument

The Bureau of Land Management's Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is a 750,000-acre geologic wonderland, managed jointly with the National Park Service's Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. Its central feature is the Great Rift...

Cress Creek Nature Trail

Overview Along the scenic South Fork of the Snake River, the 1-mile Cress Creek Nature Trail interprets life in the area as it is now and as it was long ago. The trail climbs through sagebrush-grass communities, over juniper-covered slopes...