Castle Rocks State Park

Castle Rocks State Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
A spring in Castle Rocks State Park
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Location	Cassia County, Idaho, United States
Nearest city	Burley, Idaho
Coordinates	42°07′33″N 113°39′32″W / 42.12583°N 113.65889°W / 42.12583; -113.65889^[1]
Area	1,692 acres (6.85 km²)^[1]
Max. elevation	6,540 ft (1,990 m)^[1]
Min. elevation	5,620 ft (1,710 m)^[1]
Designation	Idaho state park
Established	2003^[2]
Administrator	Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation
Website	Castle Rocks State Park

Castle Rocks State Park is a public recreation area encompassing 1,692 acres (685 ha) in Cassia County, Idaho, United States.^[1] The state park is located in Big Cove at the base of Cache Peak in the Albion Mountains. It is next to the Albion Division of Sawtooth National Forest and about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the border of City of Rocks National Reserve.

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History

In 2000, the Castle Rock Ranch Acquisition Act was passed, and money from the Conservation and Access funds were used to purchase the private ranch at Castle Rocks. Following the purchase by the National Park Service, the lands were transferred to the state of Idaho:

After the acquisition, the NPS exchanged the property with the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation (IDPR) for other lands adjacent to existing NPS properties. Since May 25, 2003, the IDPR has provided park facilities and managed recreation at Castle Rocks.^[2]

The park was expanded by 200 acres (81 ha) in 2007.

Wildlife

This state park is home to birds and mammals which are moose, cougar, coyote, mule deer, sage grouse, pinyon jay and Virginia's warbler.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Castle Rocks State Park". Idaho Parks and Recreation. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Final Supplementary Rules for the Castle Rocks Land Use Plan Amendment Area, Idaho". Federal Register. October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 18, 2017.

External links

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Protected areas of Idaho

Federal

National Parks	Yellowstone
National Historic Sites & Historical Parks	Minidoka NHS Nez Perce NHP
National Monuments	Craters of the Moon Hagerman Fossil Beds
National Forests	Bitterroot Boise Caribou-Targhee Clearwater Coeur d'Alene Idaho Panhandle Kaniksu Kootenai Nez Perce Payette Salmon-Challis Sawtooth St. Joe Wallowa–Whitman Wasatch-Cache
National Grasslands	Curlew
National Recreation Areas	Hells Canyon Sawtooth
National Wildlife Refuges	Bear Lake Camas Deer Flat Grays Lake Kootenai Minidoka Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area
National Conservation Areas	Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey
Wilderness Areas	Big Jacks Creek Bruneau–Jarbidge Rivers Craters of the Moon Frank Church–River of No Return Gospel Hump Hells Canyon Hemingway–Boulders Jim McClure–Jerry Peak Little Jacks Creek North Fork Owyhee Owyhee River Pole Creek Sawtooth Selway–Bitterroot Cecil D. Andrus–White Clouds
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Battle Creek Big Jacks Creek Bruneau Bruneau (West Fork) Clearwater (Middle Fork) Cottonwood Creek Deep Creek Dickshooter Creek Duncan Creek Jarbidge Little Jacks Creek Lochsa Owyhee Owyhee (North Fork) Owyhee (South Fork) Rapid Red Canyon Saint Joe Salmon Salmon (Middle Fork) Selway Sheep Creek Snake Wickahoney Creek