Side Canyon

Side Canyon: 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 Side Canyon

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 Side Canyon — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.41742, -112.83832. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Side Canyon

• Sublett Range High Point · viewpoint · Power · ~12 km · Must-see
• Curlew National Grassland · sanctuary · Oneida · ~36 km · Must-see
• Massacre Rocks State Park · park · Power · ~40 km · Must-see
• Raft River Valley · viewpoint · Blaine · ~49 km · Must-see
• Black Pine Peak · viewpoint · Cassia · ~51 km · Must-see
• Black Pine Cone · viewpoint · Cassia · ~52 km · Must-see
• Zoo Idaho · sanctuary · Bannock · ~73 km · Must-see
• Curlew Valley · viewpoint · Box Elder · ~74 km · Must-see
• Brady Chapel · church · Bannock · ~74 km · Must-see
• Lake Walcott State Park · lake · Minidoka · ~75 km · Must-see
• Buck Peak · viewpoint · Power · ~11 km
• Hartley Peak · viewpoint · Power · ~12 km
• Mollys Nipple · viewpoint · Power · ~14 km
• Eyrie Peak · viewpoint · Oneida · ~19 km
• Deep Creek Peak · viewpoint · Power · ~20 km
• Cedar Creek Peak · viewpoint · Cassia · ~23 km
• Quaking Asp Mountain · viewpoint · Oneida · ~23 km
• Sublett Dam · lake · Cassia · ~25 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Side Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Side Canyon

• Sublett Range High Point · viewpoint · Power · ~12 km · Must-see
• Raft River Valley · viewpoint · Blaine · ~49 km · Must-see
• Black Pine Peak · viewpoint · Cassia · ~51 km · Must-see
• Black Pine Cone · viewpoint · Cassia · ~52 km · Must-see
• Curlew Valley · viewpoint · Box Elder · ~74 km · Must-see
• Chinese Peak · viewpoint · Bannock · ~77 km · Must-see
• Crystal Peak · viewpoint · Box Elder · ~80 km · Must-see
• Upper Raft River Valley · viewpoint · Cassia · ~83 km · Must-see
• Mount Harrison · viewpoint · Cassia · ~86 km · Must-see
• Thunder Mountain · viewpoint · Cassia · ~87 km · Must-see

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