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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:
Idaho's oldest state park, Heyburn, was created in 1908, the first state park in the state and in the Pacific Northwest. [2] For much of the park system's history, it was managed by the Idaho Department of Lands, and briefly by the Idaho Transportation Department in the late 1940s.
The state park was created in 2005, when four existing state parks in the Hagerman Valley were merged into a single entity, [2] with an additional unit subsequently added to the complex. Billingsley Creek. This former ranch was purchased by the state in 2001. [1] One feature is the homesite of western author Vardis Fisher. [2]
Lake Walcott State Park is a public recreation area located near the Minidoka Dam six miles (9.7 km) east of Acequia in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States. The state park encompasses 65 acres (26 ha) on the western shore on Lake Walcott , an 8,000-acre (3,200 ha) impoundment of the Snake River . [ 3 ]
Lake Cascade State Park is a public recreation area consisting of multiple units totaling 500 acres (200 ha) around Lake Cascade, an impoundment of the North Fork of the Payette River that covers 27,000 acres (11,000 ha) [3] in Valley County, Idaho, United States.
Round Lake State Park is a public recreation area located four miles (6.4 km) southwest of Sagle in Bonner County, Idaho. The 142-acre (57 ha) state park surrounds 123-acre (50 ha) Round Lake . [ 3 ]
Heyburn State Park is a public recreation area in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is located almost entirely in Benewah County , with a small portion extending into southern Kootenai County . The park was founded in 1908 and is the oldest state or provincial park in the Pacific Northwest .
Farragut State Park is a public recreation area in the northwest United States, located in northern Idaho at the southern tip of Lake Pend Oreille in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains. [2] The 4,000-acre (1,600 ha) state park is five miles (8 km) east of Athol in Kootenai County , about thirty miles (50 km) northeast of Coeur d'Alene .