About Grangeville, Idaho
Grangeville, Idaho is a small town with a big culture. Many residents have family ties dating back 125 years, when Grangeville was founded in 1897.
Not lacking the colorful lore of the Old West, Grangeville's fascinating history includes gold rushes, Indian wars, railroad feuds and more.
With a population of just 3,141 (as of the 2010 census) Grangeville is the largest city in Idaho County, as well as the county seat. Idaho County covers just over 8,500 square miles. making it one of the country's largest counties — bigger than the state of New jersey – yet boasting one of the smallest populations, just 16,400 in the entire county. Idaho County stretches from Oregon to Montana with more than four million trees growing from border to border.
Grangeville is possibly best known for "Border Days" a large public celebration on the weekend of July 4, which features the state's oldest rodeo as well as parades, art shows, and the world's largest egg toss. (Largest by number of participants....not incredibly sizeable eggs). See what we mean here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVE4ezsi0-U
For more information on this event visit www.grangevilleborderdays.org
Natural Features:
RIVERS
Five rivers flow nearby, three of which are also designated wild and scenic: the Snake River, Salmon River, Clearwater River, South Fork Clearwater River, Selway River and Lochsa River.
PUBLIC LANDS
Grangeville, surrounded by five wilderness areas and four national forests, totaling about 5 1/2 million acres include the Nez Perce National Forest, the Clearwater National Forest, the Payette National Forest and the Saint Joe National Forest. Idaho is second in designated wilderness areas. (Alaska is first)
The Nez Perce Indians originally named the state “ee-DA-ho”.
TERRAIN
If you’re lucky, you’ll ‘top up on the prairie’, as the locals say, just about sunset. A rosy glow blankets the little town whose elevation and population meet at around 3500. The foothills of the Bitterroot Mountains provide a beautiful frame along the horizon of peaks and valleys along the south end of Grangeville and wrapping to the views in the east where the sun peaks at dawn in another rosy glow.
HIGHWAYS
Grangeville Idaho sits on Idaho’s major north/south highway, U.S. Highway 95, the major route from southern Idaho to Washington or Montana. Grangeville’s Main Street is Highway 13 meeting U.S. Highway 95 on its west end and winding down over 2000 feet to the South Fork of the Clearwater River where Hwy 13 carries motorists along the beautiful river corridor either eastward to Elk City on Hwy 14, or to Kooskia Idaho at the junction of Hwy 12 to Lewiston Idaho or Missoula Montana.
Not lacking the colorful lore of the Old West, Grangeville's fascinating history includes gold rushes, Indian wars, railroad feuds and more.
With a population of just 3,141 (as of the 2010 census) Grangeville is the largest city in Idaho County, as well as the county seat. Idaho County covers just over 8,500 square miles. making it one of the country's largest counties — bigger than the state of New jersey – yet boasting one of the smallest populations, just 16,400 in the entire county. Idaho County stretches from Oregon to Montana with more than four million trees growing from border to border.
Grangeville is possibly best known for "Border Days" a large public celebration on the weekend of July 4, which features the state's oldest rodeo as well as parades, art shows, and the world's largest egg toss. (Largest by number of participants....not incredibly sizeable eggs). See what we mean here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVE4ezsi0-U
For more information on this event visit www.grangevilleborderdays.org
Natural Features:
RIVERS
Five rivers flow nearby, three of which are also designated wild and scenic: the Snake River, Salmon River, Clearwater River, South Fork Clearwater River, Selway River and Lochsa River.
PUBLIC LANDS
Grangeville, surrounded by five wilderness areas and four national forests, totaling about 5 1/2 million acres include the Nez Perce National Forest, the Clearwater National Forest, the Payette National Forest and the Saint Joe National Forest. Idaho is second in designated wilderness areas. (Alaska is first)
The Nez Perce Indians originally named the state “ee-DA-ho”.
TERRAIN
If you’re lucky, you’ll ‘top up on the prairie’, as the locals say, just about sunset. A rosy glow blankets the little town whose elevation and population meet at around 3500. The foothills of the Bitterroot Mountains provide a beautiful frame along the horizon of peaks and valleys along the south end of Grangeville and wrapping to the views in the east where the sun peaks at dawn in another rosy glow.
HIGHWAYS
Grangeville Idaho sits on Idaho’s major north/south highway, U.S. Highway 95, the major route from southern Idaho to Washington or Montana. Grangeville’s Main Street is Highway 13 meeting U.S. Highway 95 on its west end and winding down over 2000 feet to the South Fork of the Clearwater River where Hwy 13 carries motorists along the beautiful river corridor either eastward to Elk City on Hwy 14, or to Kooskia Idaho at the junction of Hwy 12 to Lewiston Idaho or Missoula Montana.