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Challis,
Idaho, USA
Visitor
Information
Location
Located in the geographical center
of the state of Idaho, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Challis
is surrounded by Salmon National Forest and Challis National Forest.
Getting
to Challis
 Main routes into town are US 93 from the north and
southeast, and ID 75 from the southwest. Part of US 93 and ID 75 are on the Salmon River Scenic Byway.
Closest Interstates are I-15 to the east, and I-84 south.
Main
Industries
Cattle ranching, molybdenum (a hardening agent for steel) mining,
government (U.S. land management agencies), farming (hay, seed potatoes),
tourism.
Official Information
Sources
Challis
Area Chamber of Commerce. 7th and Main Street, P.O. Box 1130,
Challis, ID. Phone: 208-879-2771.
Idaho State Parks and Recreation. Junction of highways 75 and 93,
P.O. Box 1086, Challis, ID 83226. Phone: 208-879-5244.
Salmon-Challis
National Forest, Challis Ranger District. US Highway 93 and Main Street,
HC 63, Box
1669, Challis, ID 83226. Phone: 208-879-4100.
Salmon-Challis
National Forest, Middle Fork Ranger District. P.O. Box 750 Hwy
93, Challis, ID 83226. Phone: 208-879-4101.
Land of the Yankee Fork State Park. P.O. Box 1086, Challis, ID
83226. Phone: 208-879-5244.
Community
and Other Web Sites
Challis
Public Library. P.O. Box 186, 6th & Main Street, Challis, ID
83226. Phone: 208-879-4267. E-mail
Welcome
to Historic Challis.
Named after Alvah P. Challis, the town began in 1878 as a supply
center for the remote mining camps of the Yankee Fork, Bayhorse, and
Clayton.
Local
Media - Newspapers
The
Challis Messenger Online. Custer Publishing, Inc. P.O. Box
405, Challis, Idaho 83226. Phone: 208-879-4445; Fax:
208-879-5276. E-mail
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Weather
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Population
1,200
Elevation
5,280 feet
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