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template: byway.jade
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."
contact: "**BLM Burley Field Office**                                \r\n15 East 200 South                                            \r\nBurley, ID 83318                                              \r\n208-677-6641                                         \r\nFax: 208-677-6699                                               "
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.idahobyways.gov/byways/city-of-rocks.aspx"
    name: City of Rocks Back Country Byway
  - url: "http://www.nps.gov/ciro/index.htm"
    name: City of Rocks (BLM)
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/sawtooth/"
    name: Sawtooth National Forest
designations: 
  - Idaho State Scenic Backway
states: 
  - ID
ll: 
  - -113.57817800041437
  - 42.412628000381915
bounds: 
  - - -113.881927000031
    - 42.0666500003972
  - - -113.49662000031276
    - 42.412628000381915

---

<p>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.</p>