Lewis and Clark Back Country Byway
Idaho Scenic Backway 37 mi in Idaho.
About the Lewis and Clark Back Country Byway
Take a drive on the breathtaking Lewis and Clark Backcountry Byway. This remote route recognizes the area where Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began their explorations of the Pacific Northwest. Visitors will find that many of the forests and meadows on this drive look much the same as when these explorers journeyed to the area in 1805.
Idaho Tourism's own description, in its words. Byway page on visitidaho.org.
Designations: BLM Back Country Byway, Idaho State Scenic Backway.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 4 · on the roadAgency Creek Campground · Bureau of Land Management
- Mile 12 · on the roadSacajawea Memorial Picnic Area · Forest Service
- Mile 22 · 4.2 mi offBloody Dick Cabin · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
- Mile 22 · 4.8 mi offReservoir Lake Campground · Forest Service
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.