Statewide map desk
Explore Idaho Points of Interest
View
Idaho points of interest
21 pinned
Clustered Mapbox markers keep historic sites, ghost-town traces, and geologic landmarks usable on mobile.
Map locations are for illustrative planning only. Check the original source records, posted signs, land ownership, closures, and current conditions before visiting.
Source
Idaho Transportation Department Historical Marker Hub
State-maintained Idaho highway historical marker records, including marker titles, locations, sign text, highway context, and coordinates.
View sourceOdd corners
Featured Idaho Places
Trail Relic
Oregon Trail Ruts Above Boise
A Boise-area marker points toward visible Oregon Trail traces where wagon traffic dropped from the rimrock into the Boise River valley.
Atomic Idaho
Arco’s Atomic First
Arco marks the moment a small Idaho town became part of nuclear history when atomic energy powered its lights in 1955.
Atomic Idaho
The Reactor Plain
This marker points into the desert landscape where Idaho National Laboratory grew into a major nuclear reactor testing ground.
Survey Marker
Initial Point
Initial Point is the origin reference for Idaho land surveys, the invisible starting dot behind much of the state’s property grid.
Ghost Town
Vienna Ghost Town
The Vienna marker points toward a short-lived mining town tied to gold strikes above Smiley Creek in the late 1870s.
Mining Town
Idaho City
Idaho City began as a Boise Basin gold rush town and quickly became one of the most important settlements in early Idaho Territory.