Fossil Gulch

Fossil Gulch: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Fossil Gulch

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Fossil Gulch — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.81768, -114.93561. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Fossil Gulch

• Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument · sanctuary · Gooding · ~3 km · Must-see
• Upper Salmon Falls A-Plant & Forebay · waterfall · Twin Falls · ~7 km · Must-see
• Thousand Springs State Park · park · Gooding · ~34 km · Must-see
• Herrett Museum · museum · Twin Falls · ~58 km · Must-see
• Shoshone Falls · waterfall · Jerome · ~63 km · Must-see
• Mormon Reservoir · lake · Camas · ~64 km · Must-see
• Lower Salmon Falls Dam · waterfall · Gooding · ~5 km
• Upper Salmon Falls B-Plant Forebay · waterfall · Twin Falls · ~8 km
• Salmon Falls · waterfall · Gooding · ~8 km
• Upper Salmon Falls Dam · waterfall · Twin Falls · ~8 km
• Malad Gorge State Park · viewpoint · Gooding · ~10 km
• Devil's washbowl waterfall · waterfall · Gooding · ~11 km
• Minnie Miller Falls · waterfall · Gooding · ~14 km
• Lemmon Falls · waterfall · Gooding · ~15 km
• Indian Butte · viewpoint · Owyhee · ~16 km
• Bliss Dam · lake · Elmore · ~19 km
• Twentymile Butte · viewpoint · Elmore · ~21 km
• Gooding Butte · viewpoint · Gooding · ~23 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Fossil Gulch

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Fossil Gulch

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• Smoky Dome · viewpoint · Camas · ~94 km · Must-see
• Boardman Peak · viewpoint · Camas · ~97 km · Must-see
• Iron Mountain · viewpoint · Camas · ~101 km · Must-see
• Buttercup Mountain · viewpoint · Blaine · ~104 km · Must-see
• Kelly Mountain · viewpoint · Blaine · ~105 km · Must-see
• Dollarhide Mountain · viewpoint · Camas · ~113 km · Must-see
• Carbonate Mountain · viewpoint · Blaine · ~117 km · Must-see
• Mahoney Butte · viewpoint · Blaine · ~119 km · Must-see
• Trinity Mountain · viewpoint · Elmore · ~120 km · Must-see

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