Three Island Crossing State Park | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
Location | Glenns Ferry, Idaho, United States |
Coordinates | 42°56′41″N 115°19′05″W / 42.94472°N 115.31806°W [1] |
Area | 613 acres (248 ha) [1] |
Elevation | 2,484 ft (757 m) [1] |
Designation | Idaho state park |
Established | 1968 [2] |
Administrator | Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation |
Website | Three Island Crossing State Park |
Three Island Crossing State Park is a history-focused public recreation area in Glenns Ferry, Elmore County, Idaho, United States, that interprets the site of a ford of the Snake River on the Oregon Trail. The state park features camping, cabins, disk golf, and a visitors center with interpretive exhibits. [1]
The site was used as a river crossing until 1869 when Gus Glenn built a ferry across the river about 2 miles (3.2 km) upstream. [1] The land was deeded from the city of Glenns Ferry to the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation in 1968 and was formally opened to the public as a state park in 1971. [2]
Residential animals of this state park feature deer, waterfowl, fox, swans, songbirds, pelicans, eagles.