The Field Atlas

All terrains

State chapter

Wild places in Idaho

Idaho has 8 plates in this atlas, on hills, canyon, dunes, alpine, and volcanic ground.

Craters of the Moon, Idaho — Pahoehoe ropes in last light

FrontispieceCraters of the Moon, Idaho

Plates
8
Terrains
Hills, Canyon, Dunes, Alpine, Volcanic

Idaho

The plates

Pahoehoe ropes in last light
Plate XXXVIII

Craters of the Moon

volcanic

Snake River Plain, Idaho

A rehearsal for another planet, left in Idaho.

43.4° N · 113.5° WOpen plate →

The Sawtooth wall above the Stanley valley
Plate LXXI

The Sawtooths

alpine

Sawtooth Range, near Stanley, Idaho

A hidden range of teeth above a town of two hundred souls.

44.1° N · 115.0° WOpen plate →

The Middle Fork of the Salmon in its canyon
Plate XCI

River of No Return

canyon

Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness, Idaho

A river that named itself by refusing a way back.

44.7° N · 114.8° WOpen plate →

The Snake in Hells Canyon
Plate CXXX

Hells Canyon

canyon

Snake River, Idaho–Oregon line, Idaho / Oregon

A canyon deeper than the famous one, and quieter.

45.4° N · 116.7° WOpen plate →

Granite spires of Idaho’s City of Rocks
Plate CXLIX

City of Rocks

hills

Albion Mountains, Cassia County, Idaho

A stone city the wagons named and then left.

42.1° N · 113.7° WOpen plate →

Wind ripples on the pale face of Bruneau Dunes
Plate CCCXXIII

Bruneau Dunes

dune

Bruneau Dunes State Park, Snake River Plain, Idaho

A pale dune ridge over sage and a hard Idaho sky.

42.9° N · 115.7° WOpen plate →

Larkins Lake and Larkins Peak from the east
Plate CCCXLIII

Larkins Lake

alpine

Mallard-Larkins Pioneer Area, St. Joe, Idaho

A named lake under its own Clearwater peak.

47.0° N · 115.6° WOpen plate →

Fourth of July Lake in the White Cloud Mountains
Plate CCCXLIV

Fourth of July Lake

alpine

White Cloud Mountains, Sawtooth NRA, Idaho

High water in the quieter range beside the Sawtooths.

44.0° N · 114.6° WOpen plate →