Pick Your Scenic Drive
Scenic Drives
Name of Drive
Description
Highlights
Where It Begins and Ends
Length In Miles
Website
Idaho Heartland
Incredible wealth of scenic diversity
Riggins
White Bird Battlefield
Payette Lake
Lolo Pass to Boise
440
800/6357820
Sawtooth Sampler
scenic drive along rugged backcountry mountains
sawtooth national recreation area
over 1000 lakes
shoshone falls
Boise to Twin Falls
270
800/635-7820
Western Heritage Historic Byway
great snake river views
canyon rims
birds of prey
vast sagebrush lands
Meridian to Swan Falls on St hwy 69
40
208/922-9254
Payette River Scenic Byway
mountain valleys and lakes
rainbow bridge
New Meadows to Eagle
112
208/382-3833
Northwest Passage Scenic Byway
deep canyons and rugged mountains
clearwater river canyon
lochsa wild & scenic river
Lolo Pass(montana border) to Lewiston(washington border)
202
877/364-3246
International Selkirk Loop
international drive into Canada and back
Sullivan Lake
Kooteney Pass & Glacier
Bonners Ferry North to Balfour British Columbia then looping souththrough Metaline WA on Hwy 31 & 20
166(but 8-10 hours)
888/823-2626
Pend Oreille Scenic Byway
some of states best water views
Sullivan Lake
Kooteney Pass & Glacier
Clark Fork to Sandpoint
33
208/266-1101
Hells Canyon Scenic Byway
breathtaking canyon views
towering black and green basalt cliffs
Hells Canyon Dam(Cambridge) to Oxbow Dam
22
208/549-4200
Teton Scenic Byway
spectacular route through Targhee National Forest
grand vistas,rivers and historic sites
Swan Valley to Ashton
68
208/354-2312
Mesa Falls Scenic Byway
connects w/Teton scenic byway at Ashton and goes north
mesa falls recreation area
Ashton to Harriman State Park
29
208/524-7500
Salmon River Scenic Byway
great river trip for rafting and fly fishing
lost trail pass
sacajawea interpretive center
Trail Pass (north of Salmon) to Stanley on Hwy 93
161
208/879-4100
Lewis and Clark Back Country Byway
alpine meadows w/wildflowers
Lemhi Pass
Salmon River
39 mile gravel road on St Hwy 28 from Tendoy to Lemhi Pass
39
208/756-5400
Wildlife Canyon Scenic Byway
Old miners supply route along churning Payette River
deep cut canyon scenery
Banks to Lowman
33
208/462-5003
Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
drive through Boise National Forest
high mountain valley
rushing rivers
from Boise on Idaho 21 ne to junction of Idaho 75 st Stanley
131
208/373-4007