Idaho Panhandle National Forest

Tour the natural beauty of your National Forests in Northern Idaho, including the Idaho Panhandle National Forest. Grand mountain tops, clear lakes and rivers, waterfalls, ancient cedar groves and wildlife await you.

Quaint villages snuggle up against soaring peaks, hug the shores of deep blue lakes. Evergreen forests carpet mountains that have been a major world supplier of silver. It's beautiful country! Quiet country lanes lead to abandoned mining towns and trace military wagon roads from the Civil War era. Backcountry trails lead to alpine lakes and spectacular views. The sweet scent of wild huckleberry fills the summer air. Country inns and plush resorts, along with modern and rustic camping grounds, welcome travelers to Idaho's premier north country.

Miles of rivers and vast lakes are world-class sport fisheries. More than half of all the surface waters in Idaho are here, in the north country. Foam-flecked rapids challenge the whitewater rafter. Glassy-quiet runs host canoes where steamboats once paddled to remote mining and lumbering camps.

The Idaho Panhandle is rich in wildlife. Species include elk, whitetail deer, black bear and the woodland caribou, an endangered species living in northernmost Idaho, its last remaining home in the lower 48 states.

The grizzly bear, another endangered species, lives in small numbers in remote regions of the forest. Abundant surface water attracts a wide variety of waterfowl, eagles and osprey.

Explore this forest with an America Outdoors outfitter, who provide horseback riding, canoeing, mountain biking, kayaking,fishing, hunting, winter sports, whitewater rafting and dude ranch lodging!