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Central Idaho, USA
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Cities & Towns
Bellevue  
Challis  
Carmen  
Hailey  
Ketchum  
Picabo  

Salmon  
Stanley  
Sun Valley

 


The town and road map of Central Idaho will help you locate cities, towns and other attractions.

 

 

Blaine County, Idaho
A site for residents and visitors.  Includes pages on the area's history, and photos.

Borah Peak, 12 662 feet
The highest point in Idaho.  This page from America's Roof  "US highpoint guide" offers access and climbing information, trip reports, maps, video images, and other links on the Peak.

Sawtooth National Fish Hatchery
The highest elevation hatchery in America, producing over 3 million Chinook salmon each year.

Sawtooth National Forest
(Web site by the USDA Forest Service)

Sawtooth National Recreation Area
Located in South Central Idaho, eight miles north of Ketchum on Highway 75.   Established in 1972, the SNRA is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. Over 300 alpine lakes dot the area. Sawtooth, Boulder and White Cloud Mountains are the headwaters of five major rivers including the Salmon & Big Wood.

Sawtooth Scenic Byway
Scenic drive through the  resort towns of Hailey, Ketchum, and Sun Valley and then along the rugged Sawtooth National Recreation Area.  Offers views of the headwaters of the Salmon River and the peaks of the Sawtooth mountains."

The Sawtooth-Stanley Basin Country
Travelogue by Harlan Hague, writer, traveler and retired history professor. "The best place to glimpse the western land as it really was in the last century is in the Sawtooth-Stanley country in south-central Idaho..."

Silver Creek: Idaho’s Fly Fishing Paradise
Sample chapter from a book about one of the world’s best known spring-fed fly fishing streams, located near Sun Valley, Idaho. The book answers questions on leaders, equipment selection, techniques, fly patterns, hatches and reading the water. The book also explores the Silver Creek mystique experienced by the Shoshone Indians, Oregon Trail emigrants, local ranchers, land managers, and today's visitors.  From Caxton Press, publishers who focus on Western Americana non fiction.

Arco

Experimental Breeder Reactor #1
Arco was the first city in the world to receive electricity via nuclear power.  The world's first nuclear power plant, now inoperative, is open to the public.  Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.

Carmen

Bighorn Outfitters
Hunting, fishing, pack-trips, camping, trail rides, and photography trips. Hunting includes elk, deer, mountain lion, bighorn sheep, bear, predators, and game birds.  Fishing is for rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, grayling, golden and brook trout on more than 40 mountain lakes.  Fish by spin casting or fly fishing. Trips can be tailored to the client's desires.

Kookaburra Guided Whitewater Trips
Specializing in 1- to 3-day whitewater trips of rafting and floating emphasizing safety, fun, adventure, and growth on the Main Salmon River, Salmon, Idaho.

Picabo

Idaho Anglers
Offers fly fishing in south central Idaho on the Big and Little Wood Rivers, the Lost River, and the famous Henry's Fork

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  Idaho Atlas & Gazetteer
Idaho Atlas & Gazetteer



Adventure Guide to Idaho
by Genevieve Rowles
February 1998, Hunter Publishing, Paperback, 400 pages, (guidebook)
An introduction tells you about the state's history, geography, its people and the wildlife you might encounter.  Covers ski areas, river running, hiking, gold panning, excursions and activities with kids, sightseeing, plus the best places to eat and bed down for the night.
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