Idaho Parks and Recreation Areas with Horseback Riding

We encamped at the city of the rocks, a noted place from the granite rocks rising abruptly out of the ground, wrote James Wilkins in 1849. They are in a romantic valley clustered together, which gives them the appearance of a city. Wilkins was among the first wagon travelers to fix the name City of Rocks to what looked like a dismantled, rock-built city of the Stone Age. California Trail pioneers were leaving civilization as they knew it in the East for new lives in the West. read more...

Phone: 208-824-5519   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes
Nearest Popular City: Almo   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Preserve   Activities: Backpacking, Biking / Bicycling, Birding, Cross Country Skiing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Hunting and Shooting, Rock Climbing, Wildlife Watching, Auto Touring, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs, Snowshoeing, Star Gazing   Details Provided By: City of Rocks

Hagerman Fossil Beds NM contains the largest concentration of Hagerman Horse fossils in North America. The Monument is internationally significant because it protects the world's richest known fossil deposits from a time period called the late Pliocene epoch, 3.5 million years ago. These plants and animals represent the last glimpse of time that existed before the Ice Age, and the earliest appearances of modern flora and fauna. read more...

Phone: 208-837-4793   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Hagerman   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Monument   Activities: Biking / Bicycling, Birding, Boating and Watercraft, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Hunting and Shooting, Auto Touring   Details Provided By: Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument