Bruneau Dunes State Park
Sand Dunes · Mountain Home, Idaho
Four thousand eight hundred acres of sand, sage and small lakes fifteen miles south of Mountain Home, holding North America's tallest single-structured sand dune at about 470 feet. The dunes are unusual in more than height: they formed near the centre of a basin rather than at its edge, which is why they have stayed roughly in place for more than twelve thousand years instead of marching downwind. The park also runs a public observatory, which makes it the one place in Idaho where you can climb a dune at sunset and look through a telescope after dark.
27608 Sand Dunes Road, Mountain Home, Idaho, 83647, United States
Open year round for day use, roughly dawn to dusk, with an Idaho state park day-use vehicle fee. ⚠ THE OBSERVATORY RUNS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS ONLY, FROM ROUGHLY MID-MARCH TO MID-OCTOBER, and charges a separate small admission on top of park entry - it is closed the rest of the week and through the winter. The campground is reserved through the Idaho state park service and books ahead for spring and autumn weekends. Sandboards are hired at the visitor centre in season. ⚠ NO MOTORISED VEHICLES ARE PERMITTED ON THE DUNES at any time.
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