Central Idaho
Central Idaho is a geographical term for the region located northeast of Boise and southeast of Lewiston in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is dominated by federal lands administered by the United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.Photo: Danapit, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Arco and Salmon.
Arco
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Arco is a city in Central Idaho. In 1955 Arco became the first city on Earth to be solely lit by nuclear energy.
Salmon
Salmon is a city in Lemhi County, Idaho. The population was 3,119 at the 2020 census. The city is the county seat of Lemhi County.
Sun Valley
Sun Valley is a resort town and alpine ski resort in the western United States, in Blaine County, Idaho, adjacent to the city of Ketchum in the Wood River valley.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Stanley and Craters of the Moon National Monument.
Stanley
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Stanley, a town of barely over 100 inhabitants in Central Idaho, is the perfect Rocky Mountain small town. This picturesque community is squeezed between the Salmon River of No Return and the Sawtooth Mountains, often referred to as the American Alps.
Craters of the Moon National Monument
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Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is a United States national monument in the Snake River Plain of Central Idaho. The park was created to protect a vast landscape of lava flows with scattered islands of cinder cones and sagebrush.
Custer Ghost Town
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Custer is a ghost town in Custer County, Idaho, United States. Established in 1877, it is at, at an elevation of 6,470 feet. It lies along Yankee Fork Road southwest of the city of Challis, within the Challis National Forest.
Central Idaho
- Type: region
- Description: region of the state of Idaho, USA
- Location: Idaho, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
44.4° or 44° 24′ northLongitude of center
-114.083° or 114° 4′ 59″ westWikidata ID
Q5061230
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Italian to Vietnamese—“Central Idaho” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Idaho centrale”
- Portuguese: “Idaho Central”
- Spanish: “Idaho Central”
- Swedish: “Central Idaho”
- Swedish: “Centrala Idaho”
- Vietnamese: “Trung Idaho”
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