Owyhee County

Owyhee County runs from Oregon’s border to the Nevada state line, encompassing wide sagebrush high desert and the rugged Owyhee Mountains of southwestern Idaho. It is one of Idaho’s largest and least densely populated counties, where long unpaved roads cross rangeland, volcanic terrain, and deep-cut canyons. The Snake River marks much of the county’s northern edge, while the Owyhee River country lies toward the west. Silver City, a former nineteenth-century mining settlement in the mountains, remains a tangible link to the region’s boom-era past. Ranching continues to shape the county’s working landscapes, and remoteness is central to its identity. See Owyhee County in its wider southwestern Idaho context by browsing webcams nearby.

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