Land of Yankee Fork State Park — Attraction in Idaho

From the outside, you'd think that there isn't much to look at, but when you start exploring and discovering the history of this area, you'll soon learn this state park is just the gateway to many adventures. The displays, inside and out, have history and perspective that help you understand what life was like in this area over 100 years ago. The sights nearby are also neat and rich with history. Take a short hike down one of the nearby trails for a breath of very fresh air. The only negative was that we weren't expecting to pay $5 to enter the museum. It was well worth it and the scavenger hunt was fun. We just didn't expect to pay...

The lovely lady volunteer was very friendly and helpful. She let us watch the informative video and then proceeded to explain how ore was processed at the Bayhorse mine. The rest of the rather large displays were awesome rocks, and explanation by pictures and relics of life in the real West in the late 1800s when everything was frighten by horse or oxen teams from the railhead in Utah to Challis and then on to all the surrounding little mines. What a tough life our forefathers had! A magical walk through the past. Worth the stop. Shady parking lot, lovely bathrooms, friendly hostess and a...

This is not an interactive museum at all. The only thing we found was a very small gold panning experience that hasnt been updated in at least 20 years, and spans probably 5' x 2' total (They should check out the panning experience in San Diego Mormon Battalion Museum as a reference). When we walked into the museum some volunteer lady didn't even greet us before shoving down our throats a 10 minute unrequested diatribe on...