HistoryHidden gem
Bayhorse ghost town
Challis, Idaho
Preserved silver-era town with intact charcoal kilns in the Salmon River valley.
- Price
- Idaho state park day fee may apply
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 60 min
Founded 1877 and listed on the National Register in 1976, Bayhorse sits in Custer County near Challis. Brick kilns, house ruins and mining gear line the main dirt street. The state bought the town in 2006 and opened it in 2009 as part of Land of the Yankee Fork State Park.
Good to know
- Take the kiln walk, they are the standout
- Bring layers, wind blows through the valley
- Challis is the nearest fuel and food
- Open
- Summer to early autumn
- Getting there
- Paved turn-off from SR 75 then short gravel
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
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