Welcome to Desert Mountain Visitor's Center
2900 American Legion Blvd, Mountain Home, ID 83647
(208) 587-4464

Our visitor center is located at exit 95 on Interstate 84. The drive between Boise and Twin Falls can be long and bleak, so we kind of think of our center as an oasis in the desert. The center offers an extensive collection of brochures featuring Gem State attractions. The center is opened year round and its staff is comprised primarily of volunteers. We also offer some unique locally made.   Idaho gifts such as custom embroidered clothing. Local artist Bobby Kelly not only donated the artwork for the Mountain Home logo, but also pen and ink note cards that she says will be sold exclusively at the center. So if you're a collector of these items or know one; you'll want to stop and add to that collection. Additional items for sale include coffee mugs, sweatshirts, hats, collector items, and various other Idaho souvenirs.
  The Desert Mountain Visitors Center, just off the interstate next to McDonald's and Wendy's on American Legion Boulevard, may be the ideal spot to begin a tour of the area.  Operated by the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce and staffed by volunteers, the center is open all year round.  Staff members have an extensive knowledge of the area and numerous sources of information are available to them to help them inform travelers about the many recreational opportunities in the area.  Focusing on the natural beauty of the area, staff can direct visitors to locations where they may camp, hike, boat, swim, fish, or take advantage of numerous other outdoor activities.  A calendar of events helps the staff guide visitors to special activities throughout the year.  
  The facility also carries a selection of souvenirs along with Idaho collector items including designs and paintings by local artists.  Staff at the Desert Mountain Visitors Center will be able to give information to allow visitors to make the most of the time they have in Elmore County area.  For additional information phone the Desert Mountain Visitors Center at (208) 587-4464.
Whether your idea of recreation includes snow, sand, water, grass, desert or mountains, we have it all within a 1-2 hour radius. Spend the morning on a golf course, go skiing that afternoon and spend the evening watching the stars.
Come Play in our big Backyard!!
   · Take a walk around downtown Mountain Home and view the fun murals located on several of our businesses, enjoy shopping while your here.
   · Play 18 holes of golf at Mountain Home's Desert Canyon Municipal Golf Course.
   · Enjoy boating, fishing, swimming, skiing, white-water rafting or fishing on the many rivers and reservoirs in Elmore County.
   · Hike the tallest, single-structured sand dune in North America at Bruneau Dunes State Park. 
   · Spend the night camping & engage yourself with the stars at the public observatory by the dunes.
   · Visit Three Island Crossing and the Oregon Trail History and Education Center.
   · Experience the Bruneau Canyon Overlook, a 1,200 ft. deep gorge.
   · Venture through historic mining towns.
   · Fish the alpine lakes in the Trinity Mountains, or Flyfish for trophy trout on the South Fork of the Boise River.
   · Learn more about Elmore County history by visiting the Mountain Home or Glenns Ferry museums.
   · Sample the wine and enjoy nine holes at Carmela Vineyards.
   · Tour our two major recreation areas, Anderson Ranch Dam, located in the mountains with 50 miles of shoreline in the Boise National Forest 
     and C.J. Strike Dam located in the desert on the Snake River.
   · Zoom across 300 miles of groomed snowmobile trails, stopping at the warming hut in the Trinity Mountain area for a well-deserved break.

Be sure to stop at the Desert Mountain Visitor Center, located adjacent to Wendy's and McDonalds on American Legion Boulevard. There you can get more information on the recreation areas and any events and activities that might also be taking place. The phone number is (208) 587-4464.

Photo by Jackie 
Elswood
SNOWMOBILING
IN THE TRINITIES


Photo by Wes
 Whitworth
BRUNEAU SAND DUNES


Photo by Wes 
Whitworth
CAMPING IN 
THE MOUNTAINS


Photo by Jackie 
Elswood
ANDERSON DAM 
RECREATION AREA


VIEW OUR LOCAL DOWNTOWN MOUNTAIN HOME  MURALS


Photo by Wes 
Whitworth
BRUNEAU CANYON


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