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THE EPIC ROADTRIP

As the 14th largest state in the country, it will take more than a long weekend to explore Idaho from top to bottom. The Epic Idaho Road Trip was created as a way to highlight the beautiful scenic byways, vast landscapes, and all the fun adventures, food, and history that Idaho has to offer. This 10-day route includes time to stop and enjoy attractions and activities each day before heading out to your next destination. Total mileage and estimated drive time are notated on each map for planning purposes.

The Epic Idaho Road Trip can be easily tailored to fit your specific travel style and interests. Stay an extra day or two in a place you really love. Tackle more adventures from the “Activities to Explore” listing in each section. Or just follow the scenic byways and let the beauty of Idaho speak for itself. Whatever you choose, Idaho is sure to surprise and delight with every curve of the road.

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Bonners Ferry

Sandpoint

Coeur d’Alene

White Pine Wallace Scenic Byway WA MT

Moscow

Lewiston Northwest Passage Scenic Byway

Grangeville

Salmon

New McCall Meadows Scenic Byway Sacajawea Scenic Byway Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway Rexburg Peaks to Craters WY Scenic Byway Stanley Scenic Byway Victor Banks Wildlife Canyon Scenic Byway Idaho Sun Valley Falls Boise

OR Sawtooth Scenic Byway Pocatello

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THE EPIC IDAHO ROAD TRIP

Total Drive Time: 35 Hours 20 Minutes

Total Mileage: 1,763 Highway 75 Best Time to Travel: June-September Good For: We go big in Idaho: North America’s + Young Free Spirits deepest gorge, millions of acres of + Adventure Seekers wildlands, jagged peaks, world-class trout streams, and hundreds of alpine lakes. On + Go For It Families this epic trip, you’ll play your way through + Experience Seekers the most stunning of these landscapes.

One dramatic vista after another greets you as you travel several scenic byways, stopping to raft, swim, or jet boat in Idaho’s many streams, rivers, and lakes, golf the expanse of gorgeous courses, or hike to secluded springs. There are quieter experiences, too, for those who prefer the solitude of one of Ernest Hemingway’s favorite streams or sipping wine in a serene vineyard.

The journey begins and ends in Boise. Most adventures offer options for varying ages and experience levels, so bring the whole family, or your best friends! Bikes, kayaks, paddleboards, and other gear are available to rent from outfitters and local shops throughout the trip.

visitidaho.org | P30 Total Drive Time: Boise to McCall 2 Hours 20 Minutes Total Mileage: 109 STOP ONE

Scenic Byways: F + Payette River Scenic Byway E D Eat: + Big City Coffee and Café, Boise 2 McCall + Boise Fry Company, Boise + McCall Brewing Company, McCall 55 Activities to Explore: A Payette River - Raft & Kayak B Kelly’s Park Donnelly C - Zip Line & Bike Park C D E Payette Lake F Zims Hot Springs

Cascade B McCall This laid back mountain town is the perfect destination for long days on the shores of Payette Lake. You can rent anything you need within blocks of the lake, including bikes, boats, paddleboards, and inner tubes. You’ll find more beach access, volleyball, and fishing 55 at the nearby Ponderosa State Park, and trails, lakes, and secluded fishing spots throughout the surrounding . At nearby Resort, you can hit up lift-served downhill mountain biking trails, or cruise the family-friendly terrain of the Payette River Scenic Byway Triple Play Skills Park. Hit up Ice Cream Alley on your way out of town for a sweet treat!

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Horsehoe Bend

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Salmon River Brewery, McCall Boise Downtown Boise 1

visitidaho.org | P31 Total Drive Time: 3 Hours 38 Minutes McCall to Lewiston Total Mileage: 187 STOP TWO Scenic Byways:

+ Northwest Passage Scenic Byway IDAHO

Eat: + McCall Pancake House, McCall + Lunch Box Deli & BBQ, Lewiston F Saint Joe + KC’s Burgers & Brews, Lewiston National Forest Activities to Explore: A Dog Bark Park Inn Northwest Passage Scenic Byway B National Historical Park Sites B 12 C Education and Research Center (by appointment only) 2 D Whitewater Rafting Lewiston E —Kayaking & Jet Boat Tours 12 F Moscow Farmers Market F Moscow Craft Breweries Kamiah C 162

Lewis-Clark Valley Tasting Rooms A + Lindsay Creek Vineyards 7

+ Clearwater Canyon Cellars Grangeville + Colter’s Creek Winery

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Moscow Farmers Market E Payette Lake, 95 Payette Lake McCall New Meadows 55 McCall 1

Snake River

visitidaho.org | P32 Total Drive Time: Total Drive Time: 3 Hours 38 Minutes 3 Hours 3 Minutes Total Mileage: 187 Lewiston to Coeur d’Alene Total Mileage: 151 STOP THREE Scenic Byways: + White Pine Scenic Byway

Eat: Hayden Lake + Mystic Café, Lewiston + Meltz Extreme Grilled Cheeze, Coeur d’Alene B + Crafted Tap House and Kitchen, Coeur d’Alene 2 Coeur d’Alene C D 90 Wallace Activities to Explore: A A Coeur d’Alene Lake Cruises Lake Coeur B Lake Coeur d’Alene d’Alene B Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course B Parasailing & Sea Plane Tours 3 B Tubbs Hill Hike & Bird Watching C Hike & Bike North D Bike Route of the Hiawatha Rail Trail E Winery St. Joe River

Route of the Hiawatha St. Maries

For an adventure a short drive outside of Coeur d’Alene, IDAHO White Pine this 15-mile-long biking and hiking trail utilizes what Scenic Byway 3 could easily be one of the most scenic former railroad routes in the country. The last train ran this route in 1980, and the first 13 miles of the trail were opened to the public in 1998 for hiking and biking. The completely downhill trail now features 10 train tunnels and seven sky-high trestles. Shuttle buses are available at the 6 end to transport you and your bike back to the top. Trail 95 passes, shuttle tickets and mountain bike rentals with

lights are available at Lookout Pass Ski Area. Saint Joe National Forest

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visitidaho.org | P33 1 Lewiston Wild Horse Trail Total Drive Time:Scenic Byway 1 Hour 33 Minutes Coeur d’Alene to Total Mileage: 77.5 Bonners Ferry STOP FOUR E Scenic Byways: Bonners Ferry + Wild Horse Trail Scenic Byway F 2 Eat: Priest Lake + The Garnet Café, Coeur d’Alene + Cedar St. Bistro & Coffee Shop, Sandpoint + The Rusty Tavern, Bonners Ferry

Activities to Explore: Naples A Silverwood Theme Park B Explore Downtown Sandpoint C Resort—Horseback Riding International Selkirk 2 and Huckleberry Picking Loop & Wild Horse Trail Scenic Byway D D Lake Pend Oreille Cruises E Kootenai Colburn F Kootenay River Kaniksu G Pend Oreille Winery & Small House Winery C National Forest

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Sandpoint International Selkirk Loop B America’s only multi-national scenic drive, this 280- Panhandle Historic mile loop includes two of Idaho’s scenic byways - Rivers Passage Wild Horse Trail Scenic Byway and Panhandle Scenic Byway

Historic Rivers Passage – and encircles the 95 D spectacular of Washington, Idaho, Lake Pend and , Canada. Drive the entire loop Oreille if you have the time, but make sure not to forget Pend Oreille your passport as you’ll cross into Canada and back River into the U.S.

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visitidaho.org | P34 Lake Coeur d’Alene Total Drive Time: Total Drive Time: 1 Hour 33 Minutes 6 Hours 44 Minutes Total Mileage: 77.5 Bonners Ferry to Salmon Total Mileage: 380 STOP FIVE Scenic Byways: + Wild Horse Trail Scenic Byway + Salmon River Scenic Byway + Pend Oreille Scenic Byway CANADA Eat: IDAHO + Soulshine, Bonners Ferry + Trinity at City Beach, Sandpoint + The Junkyard Bistro, Salmon 1 Bonners Ferry

Activities to Explore: Wild Horse Trail A Sacajawea Interpretive, Cultural & Educational Center 2 Scenic Byway B Bertram’s Salmon River Brewery

C Middle Fork of the Salmon River Rafting and Fishing Pend Orielle Scenic Byway D Goldbug Hot Springs Kootenai E Frank Church- River of No Return Wilderness National Forest

Lake Pend Oreille The Middle Fork of the Salmon River

National Geographic ranks the Middle Fork of the 200 Salmon River as one of the top three whitewater river trips in the world. It flows through the largest wilderness area in the Lower 48, the 2.4-million- acre Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness, a 95 Plains majestic and varied landscape of rugged cliffs and narrow canyons, forested shores and bluffs, and 300+ 200

named rapids. The ultimate Middle Fork experience MONTANA

is a five- to seven-day guided trip, which combines IDAHO 93 exhilarating whitewater with hiking, hot springs soaking, superb dining, and wine sipping on the Missoula shores of a truly wild river.

Rafting the Salmon River Nez Perce - Clearwater These trips are popular, so book ahead! You can National Forests 93 launch half-day, full-day, or multi-day trips with 12 outfitters in Salmon or Stanley.

Hamilton Call the Salmon or Stanley Chamber of Commerce, Raft Idaho, or Idaho Outfitters and Guides licensing for outfitters who guide these trips. Bitterroot National Forest

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Payette North Fork National Forest Salmon River Scenic Byway C Salmon 2 Middle Fork of visitidaho.org | B P35 the Salmon River A E D Total Drive Time: 3 Hours 25 Minutes Salmon to Victor Total Mileage: 210 STOP SIX Scenic Byways: + Sacajawea Historic Byway + Teton Scenic Byway

Eat + Rise and Shine Espresso, Salmon + Pizza Pie Café, Rexburg + Big Hole BBQ, Victor

Activities to Explore: Grand Teton Brewing Company A Backcountry Horseback Riding Credited as the creator of the modern growler, this B Headwaters Golf Course brewery first began operations in in 1988, C Victor to Driggs Rail Trail and moved to the base of the Teton Pass in Idaho ten D Trail Rides—Linn Canyon Ranch years later to expand production. Local barley and E Caribou-Targhee National Forest hops, and nearby glacier water run-off make this beer F Grand Teton Brewing Company a true “taste of Idaho.” Private brewery tours are G Spud Drive-In offered – just call in advance to check availability. H Henry’s Fork Fly Fishing I Mesa Falls J Teton Reserve Golf Course

1 Salmon Headwaters Golf Course, Victor

28 Teton Lemhi Scenic Byway 26 1 Victor Sawtooth Idaho Falls National Forest Yellowstone MONTANA National Park Craters of the Moon National 15 Salmon Monument & Preserve River IDAHO IDAHO IDAHO Blackfoot Grand Teton National Park H American Falls Sacajawea Fort Hall WYOMING Reservoir WYOMING Historic Byway E I 28 I-15 Driggs Pocatello 20 G Terreton Rexburg 33 C F 33 Burley 86 Teton Scenic Byway Grand Teton 2 National Park A 2 Victor B J D Total Drive Time: Total Drive Time: 3 Hours 25 Minutes 3 Hours 43 Minutes Total Mileage: 210 Victor to Pocatello Total Mileage: 229 to Twin Falls STOP SEVEN Scenic Byways: + Teton Scenic Byway

Eat + Provisions Local Kitchen, Driggs + Portneuf Valley Brewing, Pocatello City of Rocks National Reserve + Canyon Crest Dining and Event Center, Twin Falls Located roughly an hour south of Burley, this national reserve and neighboring Activities to Explore: state park, Castle Rocks, were once a A Fly Fishing known stopping point along the California B Wildlife Viewing along the Snake River Trail. Large rock formations lend the C Museum of Idaho area its name, and many still bear the D Museum of Clean signatures of some of the emigrants that E Massacre Rocks State Park passed through. The area is now known F Shoshone Bannock Tribal Museum for its many rock climbing options, hiking, G Shoshone Falls biking, and camping. Be sure to stop into H Idaho Potato Museum the visitor center and talk to a local ranger I City of Rocks National Reserve for more information on this historic and adventurous landscape.

Shoshone Falls

B Teton Scenic Byway 26 1 Victor Sawtooth Idaho Falls National Forest C A Craters of the Moon National 15 Monument & Preserve

H IDAHO Blackfoot Grand Teton National Park American Falls Fort Hall Reservoir F WYOMING D Pocatello E Snake River

Burley 86 Twin Falls 2 G visitidaho.org | P24 I Total Drive Time: 5 Hours 21 Minutes Twin Falls to Craters Total Mileage: 237 of the Moon to Challis STOP EIGHT Scenic Byways: + Sawtooth Scenic Byway + Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway C Salmon-ChallisSalmon-Challis Eat: National Forest Forest + Java, Twin Falls Challis + Pickle’s Place, Arco Challis + River of No Return Brewing, Challis 33 Activities to Explore: B A Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve 93 93 B Mount Borah C Salmon-Challis National Forest D Sawtooth Salmon River Salmon River

750,000+ Acres of Adventure The Sawtooth National Recreation area consists of Mackay Mackay over 700 miles of trail, 40 peaks rising over 10,000 feet and 300 plus high mountain alpine lakes. Ideal 93 for outdoor recreation and adventure, there’s more 93 than enough to keep any mountain enthusiast busy. Arco Pick up maps and talk to Forest Service staff at the Sawtooth Arco Sawtooth NRA Ranger Station on Route 75 just south NationalSawtooth Forest of Stanley. National Forest PeaksD to Craters 26 PeaksScenic to Byway Craters 26 Scenic Byway

Carey Craters of the Moon National Monument Carey and Preserve 2 26 Craters of the Moon is a vast ocean of lava flows with Craters2 ofA 26 scattered islands of cinder cones and sagebrush. theCraters Moon of Richfield You’ll know you’re close as the surrounding desert the Moon SawtoothRichfield landscape changes starts to change around you Scenic Byway Sawtooth into black hardened lava rock. Temperatures vary ShoshoneScenic Byway Challis Salmon-Challis throughout the year- reaching sweltering levels in the 93 summer and dipping below freezing in the winter. In 1 93 2017 the monument was designated an International Dark Sky Park for its outstanding night skies and low light pollution. Stop at the visitor center at the entrance to learn about the past, present, and 1 future of the lava fields that form this otherworldly Twin1 Falls Salmon River landscape. Scenic Byway 75 Twin Falls Stanley

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visitidaho.org | P38 Total Drive Time: Total Drive Time: 5 Hours 21 Minutes 1 Hour 12 Minutes Total Mileage: 237 Challis to Stanley Total Mileage: 58.1 STOP NINE Scenic Byways: + Salmon River Scenic Byway

Eat: + Teacup Café and Bakery, Challis + Stanley Baking Company, Stanley + Lodge, Stanley

Activities to Explore: A Redfish Lake B Hiking in the Sawtooth Mountains C Bayhorse Ghost Town D Land of Yankee Fork State Park

Hiking, biking, rafting, fly-fishing, and more await in the surrounding mountains. Talk to a local for the inside scoop by visiting the Stanley-Sawtooth Chamber of

Commerce in town before adventuring out. Elephants Perch

Bayhorse Ghost Town Extra Time? If you have some extra time, make sure to take the hour drive south down the Sawtooth Scenic Byway to the towns of Ketchum and Hailey. The byway offers stunning photo ops of the Sawtooth Mountains, and the picturesque towns feature local shopping, good food, and miles of trails to hike or bike. See page 18 for trip suggestions in this area.

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A visitidaho.org | P39 Total Drive Time: 2 Hours 55 Minutes Stanley to Boise Total Mileage: 157 STOP TEN Scenic Byways: + Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway + Wildlife Canyon Scenic Byway + Payette River Scenic Byway

Eat: + Mountain Village Restaurant, Stanley + Two Rivers Grill, Crouch + The Stagecoach Inn, Garden City

Activities to Explore: A Kirkham Hot Springs B Raft the South Fork or Main Payette River C Zipline with Zip Idaho in Horseshoe Bend D Starlight Mountain Theatre

Redfish Lake

Sawtooth Mountains

Ponderosa Pine Salmon-Challis Scenic Byway National Forest

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C Horseshoe Bend Sawtooth Salmon River National Forest 55 Payette River 21 Scenic Byway

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