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Land of the Yankee Fork State Park is a history-oriented public recreation area covering 521 acres (211 ha) in Custer County, Idaho, United States. The state park interprets Idaho's frontier mining history, including the ghost towns Bayhorse, Bonanza, and Custer. The interpretive center near Challis has a museum and gold panning station.
The Stibnite Mining District, commonly referred to simply as Stibnite, is one of the most historic mining districts in the U.S. state of Idaho.It is located in the mountains of Valley County, Idaho, approximately 10 miles (16 km) outside of Yellow Pine and 39 miles (63 km) east of McCall.
Bunker Hill Mining & Metallurgical: Shoshone: The Coeur d'Alene River basin contains millions of tons of mine tailings, waste rock and ore concentrates. Soil, sediments, groundwater and surface water are contaminated with heavy metals including cadmium, lead and zinc from former mining and smelting operations. [12] [13] 12/30/1982: 09/08/1983
Land of the Yankee Fork State Park: Custer: 521 211: 5,001–6,500 1,524–1,981: 1990: Interprets Idaho's frontier mining history, including the ghost towns of Bayhorse, Bonanza, and Custer. Lucky Peak State Park: Ada: 240 97 [3] 2,750 840: 1956: Comprises three day-use areas east of Boise on Lucky Peak Lake and the Boise River. Massacre Rocks ...
The Sawtooth National Recreation Area (SNRA) is a national recreation area in central Idaho, United States that is managed as part of Sawtooth National Forest.The recreation area, established on August 22, 1972, is managed by the U.S. Forest Service, and includes the Sawtooth, Hemingway–Boulders, and Cecil D. Andrus–White Clouds wilderness areas.
Location: Cassia County, Idaho, United States: Nearest city: Oakley, Idaho: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 14,407 acres (58.30 km 2) [2]: Elevation: 6,260 ft (1,910 m) [1]: Designation: United States National Reserve: Established: November 18, 1988: Visitors: 130,276 (in 2017) [3]: Governing body: National Park Service & Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation: Website: City of Rocks National Reserve ...
Sawtooth City (also Sawtooth) is an abandoned mining camp in Blaine County, Idaho, United States.Located at (43.8965718, -114.8403490), it sits at an altitude of 7,342 feet (2,238 m), along Beaver Creek near its confluence with the Salmon River in the Sawtooth Valley of Sawtooth National Recreation
Hells Gate State Park is a public recreation area located on the southern edge of Lewiston, Idaho, at the Snake River's downstream entrance to Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America. The state park was created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to mitigate the construction of the Lower Granite Dam ; the Idaho Department of Parks and ...