Root Cellar

Root Cellar: 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 fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Root Cellar

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

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 Root Cellar — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.67860, -114.24175. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Root Cellar

• Shoshone Falls · waterfall · Jerome · ~20 km · Must-see
• Herrett Museum · museum · Twin Falls · ~27 km · Must-see
• Thousand Springs State Park · park · Gooding · ~44 km · Must-see
• Sawtooth National Forest · sanctuary · Lincoln · ~60 km · Must-see
• Sand Butte Wilderness Study Area · sanctuary · Lincoln · ~68 km · Must-see
• Upper Salmon Falls A-Plant & Forebay · waterfall · Twin Falls · ~71 km · Must-see
• Black Magic Canyon · viewpoint · Lincoln · ~72 km · Must-see
• Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument · sanctuary · Gooding · ~73 km · Must-see
• Skeleton Butte · viewpoint · Jerome · ~13 km
• Wilson Butte · viewpoint · Jerome · ~15 km
• Wilson Butte Cave · fort · Jerome · ~15 km
• Cinder Butte · viewpoint · Jerome · ~17 km
• Twin Falls Dam · waterfall · Twin Falls · ~17 km
• Twin Falls · waterfall · Jerome · ~17 km
• Twin Falls Intake Dam · waterfall · Twin Falls · ~17 km
• KKVI-TV (Twin Falls) · waterfall · Jerome · ~19 km
• Dierkes Lake · lake · Twin Falls · ~19 km
• Dierkes Lake Park · lake · Twin Falls · ~19 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Root Cellar

Other forts & heritage near Root Cellar

• Wilson Butte Cave · fort · Jerome · ~15 km
• Register Rock · fort · Power · ~125 km
• Tepee Circles · fort · Butte · ~129 km
• Hermann House · fort · Jerome · ~0 km
• Honor Roll · fort · Jerome · ~1 km
• Military Police Building · fort · Jerome · ~1 km
• Reception Building · fort · Jerome · ~1 km
• Twins Statue · fort · Twin Falls · ~24 km
• IB Perrine Monument · fort · Twin Falls · ~24 km
• Evel Knievel Monument · fort · Twin Falls · ~24 km

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