Main Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
Idaho Scenic Backway 88 mi in Idaho.
About the Main Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
The Main Oregon Trail Backcountry Byway follows the route of the pioneers who journeyed through the Idaho desert. Spend the afternoon exploring historic Oregon Trail sites or visit Three Island Crossing State Park to see Conestoga replicas and learn about the emigrants who dared to take on one of the most challenging river crossings along the Oregon Trail and the Native Americans who mastered this difficult Idaho terrain.
Idaho Tourism's own description, in its words. Byway page on visitidaho.org.
Camping along the byway
- on the roadThree Island Crossing State Park · State park · 82 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, nearest the road first (this stretch is in several separate pieces); 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.