Destinations · Idaho
Lava Hot Springs
ID · 42.6194, -112.0142
Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway and Pioneer Historic Byway are 2 of 3 signed byways within 30 miles of Lava Hot Springs, Idaho.
Understand
Native American people have used the springs for healing for centuries. It was a common place shared by many nations. Settlers started living here in the mid-1800s. Some buildings in the downtown date from the early 1900s.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
3 scenic drives near Lava Hot Springs
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Lava Hot Springs. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
- 01
Pioneer Historic Byway
National Scenic Byway · 14 mi out
Runs through Caribou-Targhee National Forest.
- 02
Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway
State scenic byway · starts in town
Runs through Caribou-Targhee National Forest and Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
- 03
Oregon Trail-Bear Lake Scenic Byway
State scenic byway · 21 mi out
Runs through Caribou-Targhee National Forest and Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Lava Hot Springs are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway · inside
- Pioneer Historic Byway · 14 mi · national
- Oregon Trail-Bear Lake Scenic Byway · 21 mi
Public land
Campgrounds
- Big Springs Campground - Caribou · 11 mi
- Pebble Guard Station · 11 mi
- Scout Mountain Campground · 18 mi
- Mink Creek Group Campground · 22 mi
- Malad Summit Campground · 23 mi
- Emigration Campground · 29 mi
Named places
- The Bull · 0 mi
- High Dive · 0 mi
- South Bannock County Historical Center Museum · 0 mi
- Buddy Campbell Memorial Park · 0 mi
- Sunken Gardens · 0 mi
- City Park · 0 mi
- Dempsey · 1 mi
- Mount Moh · 1 mi
A day out of Lava Hot Springs, planned on real roads
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Take the scenic way to Lava Hot Springs.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.
More day-trip bases nearby
- Southeastern Idaho · 13 mi
- Soda Springs · 21 mi
- Pocatello · 28 mi