The best and most reliable information about where to go hiking in Idaho can be found in published trail guide books.  These sources have been “ground truthed” by the authors and are very affordable.  We encourage you to use guidebooks over free sources of information on the internet because internet sources may be unreliable or inaccurate.  Many of the authors of trail guide books also donate proceeds to organizations like the Idaho Trails Association to help preserve your access to Idaho’s hiking trails.

North Idaho

100 Hikes in the Inland Northwest by Rich Landers (2nd Edition, 2003)

Trails of the Wild Selkirks by Dennis Nicholls (2004)

Trails of the Wild Cabinets By Dennis Nicholls with Jim Mellen (2nd Edition, 2008)

North Central Idaho

Hiking the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness by Scott Steinberg (2001)

Hiking Hells Canyon & Idaho’s Seven Devils Mountains by Fred Barstad (2001)

Southwest Idaho

Trails of Western Idaho by Margaret Fuller (updated and expanded 3rd edition, 2006)

Central Idaho

Trails of the Sawtooth and White Could Mountains by Margaret Fuller (updated and expanded 5th edition, 2011)

Trails of the Frank Church – River of No Return Wilderness by Margaret Fuller (updated and expanded 2nd edition, 2006)

Eastern Idaho

Trails of Eastern Idaho by Margaret Fuller and Jerry Painter (updated and expanded 3rd edition, 2010)

Statewide

Hiking Idaho by Luke Kratz and Jackie Maughan (2nd Edition, 2001)