Kid-Friendly Hiking Trails & Nature Walks

Explore the best kid-friendly hiking trails & nature walks options for kids and families in Idaho Falls

Elk flats

Elk flats

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Japanese Friendship Garden

Japanese Friendship Garden

Urban oasis with a waterfall & a pagoda. Small riverside park featuring a waterfall & a Japanese-style garden with a pagoda.

Idaho Falls River Walk - Greenbelt Trail

Idaho Falls River Walk - Greenbelt Trail

Riverside park area with waterfall views. Expansive green space on the banks of the river, offering benches, sculptures & views of the falls.

Idaho Falls

Idaho Falls

Manmade waterfall with a walkway. Manmade 20-ft. waterfall on the Snake River created by a hydroelectric dam & featuring a walkway.

Rock Gardens

Rock Gardens

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Kate Curley Park

Kate Curley Park

Tree-lined green with a picnic pavilion. Shady public green space with a playground, swings & a rentable picnic shelter seating up to 90.

Central Park

Central Park

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Tautphaus Park

Tautphaus Park

Park with a playground & ball fields. Park featuring a playground, picnic areas & ball fields, plus shelters & restrooms.

Russell A Freeman Park

Russell A Freeman Park

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East Idaho Aquarium

East Idaho Aquarium

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South Tourist Park

South Tourist Park

Park with camping along the river. Small park on the Snake River offering camping sites (fee), an RV dump station & a boat ramp.

Heritage Park

Heritage Park

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Old Butte Soccer Complex

Old Butte Soccer Complex

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McCowin Park

McCowin Park

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Woodland Hills Park

Woodland Hills Park

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Hell's Half Acre (south trails)

Hell's Half Acre (south trails)

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Cress Creek Nature Trail

Cress Creek Nature Trail

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Kelly Canyon Foot Trail

Kelly Canyon Foot Trail

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Teton Corners - Private Nature Preserve

Teton Corners - Private Nature Preserve

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Webster Dam

Webster Dam

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Satterfield Bike Trails

Satterfield Bike Trails

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Sister City Park

Sister City Park

Hilly park with trails & picnic pavilion. Public park with trails, a playground, a disc-golf course & a picnic pavilion with a BBQ grill.

Cotant Park

Cotant Park

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Ammon Park

Ammon Park

Open area with playground & picnic spots. This 10-acre treed park offers a playground, picnic tables & an on-leash dog walking area.

Buckskin Trailhead - BLM

Buckskin Trailhead - BLM

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Abraszewski Trailhead

Abraszewski Trailhead

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Red Hill

Red Hill

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Centennial Park

Centennial Park

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Bannock County Historical Complex

Bannock County Historical Complex

Living museum of an Oregon Trail stop. Visitors to this living museum explore the 19th-century westward migration along the Oregon Trail.

Lower City Creek Trailhead

Lower City Creek Trailhead

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Upper City Creek TrailHead

Upper City Creek TrailHead

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Cusick Creek Trailhead

Cusick Creek Trailhead

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Edson Fichter Nature Area

Edson Fichter Nature Area

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