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Key Landmarks & Attractions
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City of Clayton
The City of Clayton is a small community located in a narrow mountain canyon drained by Kinnikinic Creek.
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City of Salmon
Salmon is the largest city on the byway and sits in a grand valley surrounded by mountain peaks.
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Craters of the Moon National Monument
Visit the landscape of the moon without leaving the earth. Located just west of Idaho Falls, on the edge of YTT
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Ernest Hemingway Memorial
The memorial is just a few miles up Sun Valley Road from downtown Ketchum, Idaho.
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Galena Summit
Galena Overlook offers views of the glacially carved Sawtooth Mountains and Sawtooth Valley.
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Historic Challis
Historic Challis was established in 1875 as a stop-over and freight drop, before a road was built into the newly discovered mines in the Yankee Fork Mining District.
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Land of the Yankee Fork Interpretive Center
The Land of the Yankee Fork Interpretive Center commemorates Idaho’s frontier mining history.
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Redfish Lake
The 10,000-foot Mount Heyburn and lovely Grand Mogul peaks beautifully frame Redfish Lake, serving as a gateway to the Sawtooth Wilderness.
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Shoshone Ice Caves
Among the many fascinating geologic formations found in this southern section of the byway are the Shoshone Ice Caves.
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Stanley Museum
The Stanley Museum—at one time a ranger station—is owned by the Sawtooth NRA and operated by the Sawtooth Interpretive and Historical Association.
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Sunbeam Hot Springs & Sunbeam Dam Interpretive Site
A pullout on the river side of SH-75 leads to a stone stairway and bathhouse built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1937.
