List of National Natural Landmarks in Idaho
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These are 11 National Natural Landmarks in Idaho.
Name | Image | Date | Location | County | Ownership | Description | |
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1 | Big Southern Butte | 1976 | Atomic CityLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Butte | federal (Bureau of Land Management) | A 2,500 ft Rhyolitic dome that rises over the Eastern Snake River Plain. It illustrates the scope and dimensions of Quaternary volcanism in the western United States. | |
2 | Big Springs | ![]() |
1980 | Island ParkLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Fremont | federal (Caribou-Targhee National Forest) | The only first-magnitude spring in the country that issues forth from rhyolitic lava flows. |
3 | Cassia Silent City of Rocks | ![]() |
1974 | MaltaLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Cassia | federal (City of Rocks National Reserve) | Monolithic landforms created by exfoliation processes on exposed massive granite plutons. |
4 | Crater Rings | 100px | 1980 | Mountain HomeLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Elmore | federal (Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area) | Two adjacent and symmetrical pit craters that are among the few examples of this type of crater in the continental United States. |
5 | Great Rift of Idaho | 100px | 1968 | Craters of the Moon National Monument and PreserveLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Blaine, Minidoka, Power | federal (Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve) | A tensional fracture in the Earth's crust. |
6 | Hagerman Fauna Sites | ![]() |
1975 | Hagerman Fossil Beds National MonumentLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Twin Falls | federal (Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument) | Contains the world's richest deposits of Upper Pliocene age terrestrial fossils. |
7 | Hell's Half Acre Lava Field | ![]() |
1976 | BlackfootLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Bingham, Bonneville | federal (Bureau of Land Management) | Fully exposed pahoehoe lava flow. |
8 | Hobo Cedar Grove Botanical Area | Hobo Cedar Grove | 1980 | ShoshoneLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Shoshone | federal (St. Joe National Forest) | An outstanding example of pristine western red cedar forest. |
9 | Menan Buttes | North Menan Butte | 1980 | MenanLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Jefferson, Madison | federal (Bureau of Land Management) | Contains outstanding examples of glass tuff cones, which are found in only a few places in the world. |
10 | Niagara Springs | ![]() |
1980 | HagermanLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Gooding | private | Least developed of the large springs discharging into the Snake River from the Snake River plain aquifer system. |
11 | Sheep Rock | Sheep Rock | 1976 | CouncilLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Adams | federal (Payette National Forest) | Horizontally layered lavas that represent successive flows on the Columbia River Basalt Plateau. |