Slide Canyon

Slide 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 Slide 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 Slide Canyon — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.46409, -111.90996. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Slide Canyon

• Gem Valley · viewpoint · Caribou · ~16 km · Must-see
• Gentile Valley · viewpoint · Franklin · ~19 km · Must-see
• Lava Hot Springs Olympic Swimming Complex · park · Bannock · ~24 km · Must-see
• Emigration Canyon, Idaho · viewpoint · Bear Lake · ~41 km · Must-see
• Soda Springs Geyser · attraction · Caribou · ~41 km · Must-see
• Bear River Massacre Site · fort · Franklin · ~45 km · Must-see
• Dirty Head · viewpoint · Franklin · ~66 km · Must-see
• Montpelier Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Bear Lake · ~70 km · Must-see
• Chinese Peak · viewpoint · Bannock · ~71 km · Must-see
• Mount Putnam · viewpoint · Bannock · ~73 km · Must-see
• Crescent Lake · lake · Cache · ~74 km · Must-see
• Zoo Idaho · sanctuary · Bannock · ~74 km · Must-see
• Sedgwick Peak · viewpoint · Bannock · ~7 km
• Cottonwood Peak · viewpoint · Bannock · ~9 km
• Thatcher Hill · viewpoint · Franklin · ~11 km
• Baldy Mountain · viewpoint · Bannock · ~12 km
• Dry Hollow Mountain · viewpoint · Bannock · ~15 km
• Twin Knobs · viewpoint · Bannock · ~15 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Slide Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Slide Canyon

• Gem Valley · viewpoint · Caribou · ~16 km · Must-see
• Gentile Valley · viewpoint · Franklin · ~19 km · Must-see
• Emigration Canyon, Idaho · viewpoint · Bear Lake · ~41 km · Must-see
• Dirty Head · viewpoint · Franklin · ~66 km · Must-see
• Chinese Peak · viewpoint · Bannock · ~71 km · Must-see
• Mount Putnam · viewpoint · Bannock · ~73 km · Must-see
• Naomi Peak · viewpoint · Cache · ~81 km · Must-see
• Cache Butte · viewpoint · Cache · ~94 km · Must-see
• Logan Cave · viewpoint · Cache · ~95 km · Must-see
• Sublette Mountain · viewpoint · Lincoln · ~98 km · Must-see

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