State Park · Idaho, United States
Land of the Yankee Fork State Park
Land of the Yankee Fork State Park is a state park in Idaho, United States, established in 1990.
Photo: Jerry Willis from Tomé, NM, United States of America via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped and resized for display.
Park facts
| Park type | State Park |
|---|---|
| Location | Custer, Idaho, United States |
| Established | 1990 |
| Coordinates | 44.4758° N, 114.2105° W |
| Managed by | Idaho state park system |
Every fact above is taken from the sources listed below; anything no source states is left blank rather than guessed.
About Land of the Yankee Fork State Park
Land of the Yankee Fork State Park is a history-oriented public recreation area covering 521 acres (211 ha) in Custer County, Idaho, United States. The state park interprets Idaho's frontier mining history, including the ghost towns Bayhorse, Bonanza, and Custer. The interpretive center near Challis has a museum and gold panning station. Challis Hot Springs became a unit of the park in 2022. The park was created in 1990 with the purchase of twenty acres where the interpretive center is located two miles south of Challis.
Description from the park's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), linked in the sources below.
Planning your visit
Getting there
| Nearest town | Challis, Idaho |
|---|---|
| Getting there | about 2 miles south of Challis |
Airports near this park
The airports a visitor would actually fly into, nearest first — each link opens its profile on our sister site AirportProfiles.
- Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field (BOI) · Boise, United States · 118.2 miles away
Parks nearby
More parks in Idaho
Frequently asked questions
Where is Land of the Yankee Fork State Park?
Land of the Yankee Fork State Park is in Idaho, United States (44.4758° N, 114.2105° W).
When was Land of the Yankee Fork State Park established?
Land of the Yankee Fork State Park was established in 1990, per the source listed at the foot of this page.
How do I get to Land of the Yankee Fork State Park?
The nearest town is Challis, Idaho. about 2 miles south of Challis.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Idaho_state_parks — Wikipedia list of Idaho state parks — park name, county/location, size, year where the table states them.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_the_Yankee_Fork_State_Park — Wikipedia article — description (CC BY-SA).