20 Things to do near Tamarack Resort
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Boulder Creek Day Use Area
Donnelly, Idaho
1.7 miles NEA sandy-beach day-use area with a boat ramp on the west shore of Lake Cascade near Donnelly, Idaho: swim, paddle and watch the sun set behind West Mountain.
Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Boulder Meadows Reservoir
McCall, Idaho
15.7 miles NEA quiet, undeveloped reservoir in the Payette National Forest near McCall, Idaho: paddle, swim, and start the trail to alpine Boulder Lake.
Backpack, Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
McCall Disc Golf Course & Nature Area
McCall, Idaho
16.3 miles NA wooded 10-acre disc golf course in the heart of McCall with a local population of mule deer as your gallery — free and open to the public.
Disc Golf
Quaker Hill Disc Golf Course
McCall, Idaho
16.4 miles NShort and technical through old-growth pines at a mountain church camp — call ahead before visiting, as conferences and summer camps can close the course.
Disc Golf
Cabarton
Cascade, Idaho
18.2 miles SA popular dam-release river run with a secluded wilderness feel, mellow warm-up miles, a fantastic landscape, and the challenging Class III+ Tressel Rapid at the end.
Whitewater
Knox
Cascade, Idaho
21.0 miles EKnox is a wide, pool-filled stretch of the South Fork of the Salmon River near Warm Lake, east of Cascade, Idaho, in the Boise National Forest, prized for its sandy-bottomed pools and grassy banks...
Swim
Easy Street 9
McCall, Idaho
21.5 miles NA 9-hole disc golf course in the base area of a ski resort, mixing grassy open holes with tighter wooded shots — disc rentals available at the bike shop on weekends.
Disc Golf
Snowslide
McCall, Idaho
24.2 miles NSnowslide is an unofficial natural swimming hole tucked along Lick Creek Road in the mountains east of McCall, Idaho, where a mountain stream spills over and around great slabs of ancient granite to...
Swim
Swinging Bridge Beach
Cascade, Idaho
31.6 miles SA scenic riverside campground at 4,000 feet elevation 10 miles north of Banks, with a sandy swimming hole beach, large flat rocks to sun on, and whitewater kayaking on the North Fork Payette River.
Hike, Swim
Cluster Hot Spring
Yellow Pine, Idaho
34.5 miles NEA remote hot spring hidden above the South Fork Salmon River — found by hikers who spotted steam across the canyon — requiring a raft and life jackets to reach.
Hike, Hot Springs
Elk River Campground
Yellow Pine, Idaho
37.2 miles NEA 24-site campground in a scenic pine forest beside Elk Creek, minutes from Idaho's largest waterfall and the largest and oldest cedar east of the Cascades.
Camp, Hike
Mile Marker 4 (Skinnydipper Hotsprings)
Garden Valley, Idaho
40.0 miles SA backcountry hot spring about 45–60 minutes from Boise, reached by steep switchbacks after a half-mile hike — avoid during bad weather as the roads and trail become treacherous quickly.
Hike, Swim
Skinnydipper Hotsprings
Garden Valley, Idaho
40.1 miles SCLOSED. BLM has closed the hot springs for 5 years beginning in 2016. Closure was necessary due to abuse of land and health. Watch video below for more information. A community-maintained hot spring up a steep half-mile trail — but weekend crowds can bring fights, vandalism, and break-ins, so off-peak visits are wisest.
Hot Springs 9.2-11.1 mi
Loon Lake
McCall, Idaho
40.5 miles NA 10-plus-mile backpack to a quaint mountain lake and a long-abandoned ghost plane stashed at the leeward shore — two forested routes form a loop, one 4.6 miles, one 5.7 miles.
Backpack, Hike, Horseback, Mountain Bike
Hot Springs Campground
Garden Valley, Idaho
43.7 miles SSwim near Garden Valley, Idaho
Swim
Big Baldy Fire Lookout
Cascade, Idaho
45.1 miles EA demanding summit hike to a still-standing fire lookout deep in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness — the largest wilderness in the lower 48.
Hike
Deadwood Ridge Trail
Lowman, Idaho
46.0 miles SEA demanding 17-mile mountain bike climb on Deadwood Ridge near Lowman, Idaho, with spectacular mountain range views, a creek cooling station at East Fork Stevens Creek, and multiple options at the summit.
Mountain Bike
Park Creek Campground
Lowman, Idaho
46.7 miles SEA small, tranquil campground in an old-growth forest along Park Creek in the Baker Lake basin, close to Baker Lake and the larger Swift Creek Campground.
Camp
Loman Idaho Stevens Point
Lowman, Idaho
46.8 miles SEThe Deadwood Ridge Trail climbs past a massive granite overlook, connects to Julie Creek Trail, and winds through wildlife-rich Whitehawk Basin — home to moose, elk, deer, and bear, plus rattlesnakes.
Mountain Bike
Pine Flat Hot Springs
Garden Valley, Idaho
47.3 miles SEAn aqua-blue hot spring pool at the base of a small waterfall on the South Fork Payette River — just a quarter mile from Pine Flat Campground in the Boise National Forest.
Camp, Canoe, Hike, Hot Springs, Kayak, Whitewater
