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Ann
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Julia Davis
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Municipal
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Warm
Springs
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Warm Springs
Golf Course
Barber
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Baggley
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Veterans
Memorial Park
B. Quinn
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River
Pointe
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Boise River
Greenbelt
Trail endpoint
Restrooms
Total trail length:
22 miles
Trail surface:
Asphalt
Crushed stone
map illustration by
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southern Idaho and ran between Oregon
and Utah. In fact, during the Jazz Age,
Boise was a popular and convenient
rail stop for musicians on concert tours
going from Ogden or Salt Lake City to
Portland.
The old Boise River railroad bridge
near Fairview Avenue and Main Street,
built in 1923, is another railroad legacy.
I enjoy crossing it on my commutes,
and my grandkids are fascinated just
walking across the bridge. It’s a great
bird-watching and fish-watching spot.
On a warm spring afternoon, look down
from the bridge and you’ll see rainbow
trout surfacing in the river for midges.
Kingfishers and mergansers put on a
show as they dive for
the fish. Many anglers
bike the trail to the river
to fish—including kids
who want to bicycle to
a fishing hole from their
neighborhoods.
Fishing can be quite
good in the Boise River
and also in the ponds
along the pathway. The
Idaho Department
The Boise skyline and
foothills of the Rocky
Mountains; at right, the
Greenbelt near the 36th
Street Footbridge.
BACKGROUND: IRENA JANCAUSKIENE/VEER