Hidden Valley Park
Rexburg, Idaho
| Address: | ~104 Star View Dr, Rexburg, ID 83440, USA |
| GPS: |
43°49'28.2"N 111°45'55.5"W Maps | Directions |
| State: | Idaho |
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Hidden Valley Park is a quiet neighborhood sledding spot in Rexburg, Idaho, tucked into the Hidden Valley subdivision on the east side of town. True to its name, it's a bit of a local secret: a modest pocket park built around a nice sledding mound, in a residential setting that means it almost never draws a crowd. For Rexburg families who want a quick, easy, close-to-home place to sled with little kids, it's a genuinely handy find.
The park's sledding feature is a good-sized mound that's well suited to younger children and casual sledding, paired with a small playground and open fields. It's not a big, steep, adrenaline hill; it's a friendly, manageable slope, which is exactly what makes it work for families with small kids who'd find the bigger regional hills intimidating. The modest scale is the whole point.
Its tucked-away location in a small residential neighborhood is its defining quality. Because it sits off the beaten path in the Hidden Valley subdivision (at 47 Mill Race Road), it has never seen the crowds that busier Rexburg sledding hills do, so families can usually have the mound largely to themselves even on a good snow day, a real luxury when the popular spots are packed.
As a pocket park, it's a genuine year-round neighborhood amenity, with the open fields good for games and the playground for the kids through spring, summer and fall, and the sledding mound taking over once the snow arrives.
Standard sledding sense applies even on a gentle hill. Snow can pack slick and speeds pick up, and because it's a small park in a residential area, it's worth keeping an eye on where sleds run out relative to the playground, fields and nearby homes, and watching little ones on the mound. Being a neighborhood park, parking considerately and keeping the noise reasonable keeps the neighbors happy.
Winter depends on the snow, with the best sledding right after a fresh fall; because it's small and quiet, it stays pleasant even when it does get a little use. Dress the kids for the cold in waterproof layers and boots, bring your own sled. For a quiet, uncrowded, kid-friendly sledding mound close to home in Rexburg, Hidden Valley Park is a lovely little local pick.
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Directions
From Rexburg, Idaho
- Head north on S 3rd W toward W 1st S (0.4 mi)
- Turn right onto W 1st N (0.2 mi)
- Turn left to stay on W 1st N (1.1 mi)
- W 1st N turns slightly left and becomes N Hill Rd (318 ft)
- Turn right onto Marigold St (194 ft)
- Turn right onto Mill Race Rd (0.2 mi)
- Turn left onto Palmer Cir (299 ft)
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