Sawtooth National Forest

Sawtooth National Forest

Infobox_protected_area | name = Sawtooth National Forest
iucn_category = VI


caption =
locator_x = 54
locator_y = 41
location = Idaho-Utah, USA
nearest_city = Boise, ID
lat_degrees = 43
lat_minutes = 20
lat_seconds = 0
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 114
long_minutes = 29
long_seconds = 0
long_direction = W
area = 2.1 million acres (8,500 km²)
established = May 29, 1905
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = U.S. Forest Service

Sawtooth National Forest is located in the U.S. states of Idaho and Utah. Originally set aside in 1905 by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt as the Sawtooth Forest Reserve, today the forest administers over 2.1 million acres (8,500 km²) of some of the most remote forestland in the lower 48 states.

There are over 1,000 lakes and 3,000 miles (4,830 km) of rivers and streams.

Part of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area is within the forest.

About 96% of the forest lies in Idaho and only 4% in Utah. In descending order of forestland area it is located in Blaine, Cassia, Camas, Custer, Elmore, Twin Falls, Box Elder (the only county in Utah), Power, and Oneida counties.

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