Thousand Springs State Park
Thousand Springs State Park is a park in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 925 m. Secret Cabin Butte stands 1,435 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Niagara Springs Wildlife Management Area, a park 2.2 miles away. Thousand Springs Scenic Byway passes 5.0 miles off. 107 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
- 23.1 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Shoshone Falls Observation Deck · 15 mi
- viewpoint 1 · 17 mi
- Woodys cove interpretive area · 17 mi
- viewpoint 2 · 17 mi
107 named places within 25 miles
- Niagara Springs Wildlife Management Area: 2.2 mi
- Eastman Park: 6.1 mi
- John B. Crawford Park: 6.9 mi
- Cedar Draw Park: 7.0 mi
- Filer Community Park: 7.4 mi
- Sunset Butte: 12.9 mi
- Sunset Butte: 12.9 mi
- Flat Top Butte: 13.9 mi
- Berger Butte: 16.5 mi
- Gooding Butte: 17.6 mi
- CSI Tower: 11.5 mi
- IB Perrine Monument: 11.9 mi
- Evel Knievel Monument: 11.9 mi
- Twins Statue: 12.0 mi
- Honor Roll: 21.4 mi
- Devils Washboard Falls: 5.5 mi
- Auger Falls: 7.7 mi
- Perrine Coulee Falls: 11.1 mi
- Pillar Falls: 13.0 mi
- Salmon Falls: 13.6 mi
- Jerome County Fairgrounds: 8.5 mi
- Evel Knievel Jump Site: 13.5 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 14.5 mi
- Historic Oregon Trail 1840-1860: 15.9 mi
- Balanced Rock: 16.6 mi
- Jerome County Historical Museum: 8.9 mi
- Twin Falls County Museum: 9.3 mi
- Herrett Museum: 11.6 mi
- Hagerman National monument and thousand springs state park visitor center: 16.0 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 14.5 mi
- Ritter Island: 10.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 11.5 mi
- Nat Soo Pah Hot Springs: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Thousand Springs State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secret Cabin Butte | SSW 204° | 1,435 m | 23.8 mi |
| Berger Butte | S 173° | 1,430 m | 16.5 mi |
| Hub Butte | SSE 149° | 1,404 m | 18.7 mi |
| Tuanna Butte | SW 219° | 1,404 m | 22.9 mi |
| Castleford Butte | WSW 240° | 1,356 m | 21.0 mi |
| Devil Creek Butte | SW 225° | 1,349 m | 20.9 mi |
| Skeleton Butte | ESE 103° | 1,340 m | 23.0 mi |
| Wilson Butte | ENE 70° | 1,334 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:14 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:38 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 16:23 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 34 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 73 | 63 | 50 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buhl #2, 6 mi away.
- Red-tailed Hawk7 obs
- Muskrat7 obs
- California Quail5 obs
- Mallard5 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake4 obs
- American White Pelican3 obs
- American Kestrel3 obs
- Bald Eagle3 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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