Pioneer Historic Byway
National Scenic Byway 115 mi in Idaho.
About the Pioneer Historic Byway
Begin at Franklin, Idaho's first city, and then travel up the Bear River to northern Mormon settlements, military campaigns, and the first Yellowstone route. Relive the byway's pioneer saga and walk Oregon Trail ruts in emigrant footsteps. See major geologic and natural sites, massacre sites and Chesterfield, a Mormon ghost town.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Designations: National Scenic Byway, Idaho State Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 0 · 4.3 mi offHigh Creek Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 23 · 4.0 mi offRedpoint Campground · Bureau of Land Management
- Mile 27 · 3.0 mi offMaple Grove Campground · Bureau of Land Management
- Mile 72 · 2.6 mi offBlackfoot Reservoir Campground · Bureau of Land Management · 32 sites · reservable
- Mile 86 · 0.7 mi offCutthroat Trout Campground · Bureau of Land Management
- Mile 96 · 2.3 mi offGravel Creek Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 105 · on the roadPine Bar 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.