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Idaho Physical Map

Idaho has more designated wilderness than any state outside Alaska — a fact you can read directly off its physical map.

Rendered from SRTM 30m elevation data + Natural Earth rivers/lakes + US Census state boundary. Four versions below, all free.

Highest Point

Borah Peak

12,662 ft

Lowest Point

Lewiston

710 ft

Idaho physical map showing the Bitterroot Range, Sawtooth Mountains, Snake River Plain, and Salmon River Mountains, with major peaks and cities labeled. Topographic relief from NASA SRTM elevation data.

Choose your version

Two maps, two versions of each.

The same Idaho terrain as a classroom map and as wall art. All four are free PDFs.

Idaho physical map, labeled: the Bitterroot Range, Sawtooth Mountains, Snake River Plain, and Salmon River Mountains, with the capital, cities and highest point marked
Labeled
Idaho blank physical map: the same terrain with no labels, for labeling practice
Blank
Physical map

Idaho physical map for the classroom

Elevation in color with shaded relief, plus the surrounding states and water for context. The labeled version marks the capital, major cities and the highest point. The blank version leaves them off so students can label the map themselves.

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Idaho relief wall art on a dark background
Dark
Idaho relief wall art on a light background
Light
Wall art

Idaho relief wall art

Idaho on its own, with strong shaded relief and no labels. The dark version has the most contrast. The light version uses far less ink on a home printer.

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The physical geography of Idaho

Idaho is mountainous in the north and center and open in the south. The narrow Panhandle has forested ranges and large lakes such as Coeur d’Alene and Pend Oreille. Central Idaho is a wide block of rugged mountains, including the Salmon River Mountains, the Sawtooth Range and the Lost River Range, where Borah Peak is the highest point. The Bitterroot Range forms much of the Montana border. Across the south, the Snake River Plain sweeps in a broad arc, and Hells Canyon marks the western border with Oregon.

Major rivers

  • Snake
  • Salmon
  • Clearwater
  • Boise
  • Payette

Find it on the map

  • The Snake River Plain curving across the south
  • The mass of mountains filling the center of the state
  • Long lakes in the northern Panhandle
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Built from real data, not stock images.

Every Idaho physical map on this page was rendered from NASA SRTM 30-meter elevation data, with hydrography from Natural Earth and the shoreline-clipped state outline from the US Census Bureau. Each map is colored over that state’s own elevation range, and the relief shading is exaggerated so gentle terrain still shows.

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Idaho political map

The blank outline version of Idaho (state borders, no terrain). Useful for political-geography exercises.

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