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There are at least 115 named mountain ranges in Idaho. Some of these ranges extend into the neighboring states of Montana , Nevada , Oregon , Utah , Washington , and Wyoming . Names, elevations and coordinates from the U.S. Geological Survey , Geographic Names Information System .
Sawtooth Valley. The Sawtooth Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in central Idaho, United States, reaching a maximum elevation of 10,751 feet (3,277 m) at the summit of Thompson Peak. It encompasses an area of 678 square miles (1,756 km 2) spanning parts of Custer, Boise, Blaine, and Elmore counties, and is bordered to the east by ...
July 23, 1980. Map of the Salmon River drainage basin with tributaries. The Salmon River, also known as " The River of No Return ", is a river located in the U.S. state of Idaho in the western United States. It flows for 425 miles (685 km) through central Idaho, draining a rugged, thinly populated watershed of 14,000 square miles (36,000 km 2 ).
Idaho is a Rocky Mountain state with abundant natural resources and scenic areas. The state has snow-capped mountain ranges, rapids, vast lakes and steep canyons. The waters of the Snake River run through Hells Canyon, the deepest gorge in the United States. Shoshone Falls falls down cliffs from a height greater than Niagara Falls .
List of mountain peaks of Idaho. Coordinates: 44.1374°N 113.7811°W. Further information: Geography of Idaho. See also: List of mountains of Idaho and List of mountain ranges of Idaho. Borah Peak is the highest summit of the U.S. State of Idaho. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of the U.S. State of Idaho .
The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range spanning the northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle, eastern Washington, and southeastern British Columbia which are part of a larger grouping of mountains, the Columbia Mountains. They begin at Mica Peak and Krell Hill near Spokane and extend approximately 320 km north (200 miles) from the border to ...
North Fork Clearwater River. Elk Creek. Little North Fork Clearwater River. Beaver Creek. Washington Creek (Idaho) Orogrande Creek. French Creek. Weitas Creek. Kelly Creek.
The Frank Church—River of No Return Wilderness Area is a protected wilderness area in Idaho. [2] It was created in 1980 by the United States Congress and renamed in 1984 as the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area in honor of U.S. Senator Frank Church . At 2.367 million acres (9,580 km 2 ), it is the largest contiguous federally ...