TITLE 67

STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS

CHAPTER 42

STATE PARKS

67-4212.  State parks and recreational trailways listed — Controlled by park and recreation board of the department of parks and recreation. The following described areas in the state of Idaho, so far as these areas are owned or controlled by the state of Idaho, and used for public, outdoor recreational purposes, are hereby declared to be Idaho state parks or recreational trailways, and they are hereby placed under the jurisdiction and control of the park and recreation board of the department of parks and recreation of the state of Idaho:

(1)  Priest Lake State Park consisting of Indian Creek and Lion Head units on the east shore of Priest Lake to a depth of one thousand (1,000) feet from the shoreline in Bonner County. This park also includes Dickensheet Campground, located on Priest River downstream from Priest Lake in Bonner County.

(2)  Round Lake State Park, located on the shores of Little Round Lake west of State Highway 95 in Bonner County.

(3)  Farragut State Park, located near the village of Bayview, east of State Highway 95 in Kootenai County.

(4)  Coeur d’Alene’s Old Mission State Park, located adjacent to Interstate Highway 90 near Cataldo in Kootenai County.

(5)  Mowry State Park, located on the south shore of Lake Coeur d’Alene east of U.S. Highway 95 near Worley in Kootenai County.

(6)  Heyburn State Park, located on Lake Chatcolet east of U.S. Highway 95 in Benewah County.

(7)  Mary Minerva McCroskey Memorial State Park, located at and near the boundary line between Latah and Benewah Counties and west of U.S. Highway 95.

(8)  Dworshak State Park, consisting of the Freeman Creek and Three Meadows Group Camp areas, located on the shores of Dworshak Reservoir northeast of U.S. Highway 12, and leased from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

(9)  Hells Gate State Park, located on the Snake River at Lewiston, Snake River Avenue, Nez Perce County.

(10) Winchester Lake State Park, located adjacent to the city of Winchester, on Winchester Lake in Lewis County.

(11) Ponderosa State Park, constituted by all the land of the state of Idaho department of parks and recreation adjacent to Payette Lake in Valley County.

(12) Eagle Island State Park, located on Hatchery Road west of the town of Eagle in Ada County.

(13) Veterans Memorial State Park, located in the city of Boise, on State Highway 44 in Ada County.

(14) Lucky Peak State Park, constituted by all recreational areas leased to the state of Idaho on the shores of Lucky Peak Reservoir on the Boise River in Ada and Boise Counties and the Sandy Point area on the Boise River in Ada County. Discovery State Park, located approximately eight (8) miles southeast of Boise between Lucky Peak Dam and Diversion Dam on the Boise River and along State Highway 21 in Ada County.

(15) Three Island State Park, located adjacent to the City of Glenns Ferry and the Snake River, south of Interstate Highway 84 in Elmore County.

(16) Bruneau Dunes State Park, located approximately three (3) miles south of the Snake River near the town of Bruneau and east of State Highway 51 in Owyhee County.

(17) Malad Gorge State Park, located on the Malad River and south of Interstate Highway 84 in Gooding County, including the Crystal Springs, Niagara Springs, Earl M. Hardy Box Canyon Springs Nature Preserve, and Billingsley Creek state park lands located on the Snake River south of Interstate Highway 84 and east of U.S. 30 in Gooding County.

(18) City of Rocks, (one section of land within the National Reserve) located west of the Village of Almo in Cassia County.

(19) Massacre Rocks State Park, located approximately ten (10) miles west of American Falls on Interstate Highway 86 in Power County and including Register Rock.

(20) Bear Lake State Park, located on the east shoreline of Bear Lake south of U.S. Highway 30 and east of U.S. Highway 89, north of the Idaho-Utah state line in Bear Lake County. This park also includes the North Beach area.

(21) Harriman State Park, located adjacent to and east of U.S. Highway 20 in Fremont County.

(22) Henrys Lake State Park, located on the shores of Henrys Lake west of State Highway 87 in Fremont County.

(23) Lake Cascade State Park, located on the shores of Cascade Reservoir in Valley County.

(24) Lake Walcott State Park, located on the shores of Walcott Reservoir in Minidoka County.

(25) Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes Recreational Trailway, situated on the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way running from Mullan to Harrison, Idaho.

(26) Coeur d’Alene Lake Parkway State Park, located adjacent to Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive beginning at Rutledge Trailhead and ending at Higgins Point boat launch.

(27) Glade Creek State Park, located approximately one (1) mile south of Lolo Pass along Forest Road #5670.

(28) Ashton-Tetonia Trail, situated on the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way running from Tetonia to Ashton, Idaho.

(29) Land of the Yankee Fork State Park and historic area, situated along the Custer Motorway running from Challis to Custer, Idaho. The area includes the visitor center and museum located in Challis, the ghost towns of Custer and Bonanza, the Yankee Fork gold dredge, and cemeteries at Custer, Bonanza and Boot Hill.

(30) Castle Rocks State Park, including any department lands in Cassia County situated outside the National Reserve boundary.

History:

[67-4212, added 1957, ch. 101, sec. 1, p. 175; am. 1966 (2nd E.S.), ch. 19, sec. 2, p. 54; am. 1969, ch. 21, sec. 1, p. 42; am. 1972, ch. 65, sec. 1, p. 108; am. 1979, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 564; am. 1990, ch. 359, sec. 1, p. 968; am. 1999, ch. 294, sec. 1, p. 741; am. 2003, ch. 278, sec. 1, p. 746; am. 2004, ch. 348, sec. 1, p. 1039.]