Idaho has an area of 82,413 square miles. That’s the same size as Rhode Island, Vermont, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maryland, West Virginia, Connecticut, and Delaware combined. The lowest elevation is 736 feet above sea level and the highest point is 12,655 feet above sea level. There are over 2000 lakes and 3200 miles of rivers and streams. Fifty-eight percent of Idaho is publicly owned. If you raft, ride, hike, bike, hunt, fish, ski, backpack, climb, jump, dig, watch, or take pictures, we hope you find this site interesting and informative.
The crew devised a list of 101 things to do in Idaho.
North Idaho
- Travel the Thorofare between Priest Lake and Upper Priest Lake
- Snowmobile to the top of the Selkirks for a view of Priest Lake
- Catch a rainbow trout in Lake Pend Oreille
- Ski Schweitzer Mountain, to catch the view of Lake Pend Oreille
- Descend into an Idaho silver mine in the Silver Valley
- Visit the brothel museum in Wallace
- Tour the Cataldo Mission, the oldest building in Idaho
- Ride Kellogg’s gondola to the top of Silver Mountain
- Camp at Farragut State Park and visit the World War 2 museum
- Photograph bald eagles at Lake Coeur d’Alene in the winter
- Bike the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes
- Find your own huckleberry patch
- Dig for garnets near Clarkia
- Drive the Magruder Corridor, the dirt road between two wilderness areas
- Bike through the Taft Tunnel on the Hiawatha Trail
- Travel the Lolo Trail, in the footsteps of Lewis & Clark
- Visit the Cedar Grove on Moscow Mountain
- Visit the monastery of St. Gertrude in Cottonwood
- Enjoy a field of camas in the spring
- Photograph a canola field in bloom in May
- Walk on the Nee Me Poo National Historic Trail
- View the Palouse from Paradise Ridge or Moscow Mountain
Central Idaho
- Hike into a mountain lake
- Take a multi-day raft trip on the Middle Fork or the Main Salmon River
- Catch a steelhead or salmon, one of Idaho’s ocean-going fish
- Cross-country ski or snowshoe into a yurt
- Journey to the top of Lemhi Pass, where Lewis & Clark first entered Idaho
- Catch a view of Castle Peak in the White Clouds
- Climb Chicken Out Ridge on the way to the top of Mt. Borah
- Jet boat to Kirkwood Ranch in Hells Canyon
- Stay overnight in one of Idaho’s wilderness areas
- Attend the Trailing of the Sheep Festival in Ketchum in the fall
- Soak in one of Idaho’s natural hot springs
- Attend the McCall Winter Carnival in January
- Spend some time on a forest fire lookout
- Fly into an airstrip in the Selway-Bitterroot or Frank Church Wilderness
- Bugle in an elk during the rut in September
- Pan for gold in an Idaho mountain stream
- Hear a wolf howl in the backcountry
- Ride to the top of 10,000’ Ramshorn in Land of the Yankee Fork State Park
- Take a winter sleigh ride to feed the elk outside Donnelly
- Tour the fish hatchery outside of Stanley
- Visit the Yellowpine Harmonica Festival in August
- Visit Buckskin Bill’s place on the Salmon River, now a museum
- Ski at Sun Valley or one of the home-grown ski hills in the state
- View a Mountain goat in the wild
- Go snowkiting on the Camas Prairie
- Collect morel mushrooms in the spring
- Enjoy the scent of syringa growing wild
- Match the hatch at Silver Creek
- Hunt for antler sheds in your favorite forest
- Go skijoring, telemark skiing, or cat skiing in central Idaho
- Take a wildflower safari into the Sawtooth Mountains
- Hike to Loon Lake and find the B-23 “Dragon Bomber”
- Visit Burgdorf hotsprings
- Tour an Idaho ghost town, like Warren or Bayhorse or Silver City
- Hike to the headwaters of the Salmon River below Galena summit
- Take a fall drive along the Salmon River
- Hike part of the official Centennial Trail
- Take the shuttle across Redfish Lake or canoe Stanley Lake
Southeastern Idaho
- View Upper Mesa Falls on the Henrys Fork
- Visit Harriman State Park and fish at Millionaires Pool
- Tour the Johnny Sack cabin at Big Springs
- Hike to the top of a volcano in Craters of the Moon National Monument
- Check out the geyser at Soda Springs
- Attend the Teton Valley Balloon rally
- Climb in the City of Rocks
- Trace the path of the Bonneville flood
- Soak in Lava Hot Springs
- Swim in the sparkling waters of Bear Lake
- Tour the Paris Tabernacle
- Ride a sand rail at St. Anthony sand dunes
- Bike the old railroad trail up by Mesa Falls
- Take a glider ride over the Tetons
- Read the names on Register Rock at Massacre Rocks State Park
- Go to the Shoshone Bannock Indian Festival
- Visit a national wildlife refuge
- Walk part of the Oregon Trail
- Fish Henry’s Lake on opening day
Southwestern Idaho
- Climb a sand dune at Bruneau Dunes State Park
- Picnic at Shoshone Falls in the spring of a good water year
- Pose for a photo at Balanced Rock
- Attend the National Oldtime Fiddlers Contest in Weiser in June
- Visit a small-town museum, like the Owyhee County or Boise Basin museum
- Ride the Thunder Mountain Rail Line along the Payette River
- Tour the Shoshone Indian Ice Caves
- Hike Black Magic Canyon in the winter
- Sip wine at one of Idaho’s many wineries
- Watch someone BASE jump off the Perrine Bridge
- Scuba dive or snorkel in Blue Heart Springs or one of the other Thousand Springs pools
- Raft or hike into one of the desert rivers, the Owyhee or the Bruneau
- Visit the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area
- Attend a small-town rodeo
- Drive the Mudflat Road in Owyhee County
- Float the Boise River in an inner tube
- Walk through a field of melon rocks along the Snake River
- Crawl inside one of Idaho’s lava tubes
- Go on a Christmas Bird Count
- Bike the Weiser trail
- Study the pictographs along the Snake River
- Visit the World Center for Birds of Prey
