Guard Tower

Guard Tower: 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 attraction: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Guard Tower

Season: October to February.

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 Guard Tower — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.67788, -114.25156. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Guard Tower

• Shoshone Falls · waterfall · Jerome · ~19 km · Must-see
• Herrett Museum · museum · Twin Falls · ~26 km · Must-see
• Thousand Springs State Park · park · Gooding · ~43 km · Must-see
• Sawtooth National Forest · sanctuary · Lincoln · ~60 km · Must-see
• Sand Butte Wilderness Study Area · sanctuary · Lincoln · ~69 km · Must-see
• Upper Salmon Falls A-Plant & Forebay · waterfall · Twin Falls · ~70 km · Must-see
• Black Magic Canyon · viewpoint · Lincoln · ~72 km · Must-see
• Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument · sanctuary · Gooding · ~72 km · Must-see
• Skeleton Butte · viewpoint · Jerome · ~13 km
• Wilson Butte · viewpoint · Jerome · ~15 km
• Wilson Butte Cave · fort · Jerome · ~15 km
• Twin Falls Dam · waterfall · Twin Falls · ~16 km
• Twin Falls · waterfall · Jerome · ~16 km
• Twin Falls Intake Dam · waterfall · Twin Falls · ~16 km
• Cinder Butte · viewpoint · Jerome · ~18 km
• KKVI-TV (Twin Falls) · waterfall · Jerome · ~18 km
• Dierkes Lake · lake · Twin Falls · ~18 km
• Dierkes Lake Park · lake · Twin Falls · ~18 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Guard Tower

Other other attractions near Guard Tower

• Huja Patezopai’I · attraction · Twin Falls · ~55 km
• Pazi’I Patezopai’I · attraction · Cassia · ~69 km
• Nammi’I Patezopai’i · attraction · Cassia · ~73 km
• North Queens Crown Springs · attraction · Blaine · ~91 km
• Strode Spring · attraction · Blaine · ~93 km
• Elk Spring · attraction · Elko · ~138 km
• KFMA-FM (Jerome) · attraction · Jerome · ~19 km
• Evel Knievel Jump Site · attraction · Twin Falls · ~21 km
• Jerome County Fairgrounds · attraction · Jerome · ~29 km
• KART-AM (Jerome) · attraction · Jerome · ~30 km

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