---
id: "10998"
name: City of Rocks Back Country Byway
distance: "49"
duration: Allow 1.5 hours.
description: Forming a 49-mile 'necklace' around the Albion Mountain Range, the City of Rocks Back Country Byway traverses historically significant rural landscapes that preserve numerous unique attributes of Western development.
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websites:
  - url: https://visitidaho.org/things-to-do/camping/city-of-rocks-backcountry-byway/
    name: Idaho Travel Guide
attractions:
  - url: https://www.nps.gov/ciro/index.htm
    name: City of Rocks National Reserve
  - url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/sawtooth
    name: Sawtooth National Forest
designations:
  - BLM Back Country Byway
  - Idaho State Scenic Backway
states:
  - ID
ll:
  - -113.57817800041437
  - 42.412628000381915
bounds:
  - - -113.881927000031
    - 42.0666500003972
  - - -113.49662000031276
    - 42.412628000381915

---

Forming a 49-mile "necklace" around the Albion Mountain Range, the City of Rocks Back Country Byway traverses historically significant rural landscapes that preserve numerous unique attributes of Western development.  The City of Rocks area's historic and geological values, pristine scenic beauty, and opportunities for recreation led to its designation as a national reserve.  The City of Rocks National Reserve rivals Yosemite National Park as a favorite of technical rock climbers as it contains a great number and variety of climbs.