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Lemmon Falls

Gooding County, Idaho

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Gooding County, Idaho
Access status
Partial guide: Ritter Island closed for the season; path described only by a photo-spot page
The walk
Short walk; distance not published
Ground & access
Dirt path. Spray near the base. Surface and length not documented.
Idaho Parks and Recreation: Thousand Springs State Park
Lemmon Falls, ID
Lemmon Falls, ID
Photo creditPhoto: Nicolas Raymond from Bethesda, Maryland, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lemmon Falls (also spelled Lemon Falls) is spring water from the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer flowing down basalt walls at Ritter Island, a unit of Thousand Springs State Park. A Locationscout photo-spot page says to park at the Ritter Island parking lot before the bridge and follow the dirt path to the base of the falls.

Plan your visit

Ritter Island parking lot, Thousand Springs State Park: dirt path to the base of Lemmon Falls

No published walking distance was found. The photo-spot page says to follow the dirt path from the Ritter Island parking lot to the base of the falls.

Dirt path. Spray near the base. Surface and length not documented.

Where to start

Ritter Island parking lot before the bridge, reached from Highway 30, the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway, per the photo-spot page. Idaho Parks and Recreation rules require all motor vehicles in the park to display a Motor Vehicle Entry Fee permit.

Timing & water

On October 28, 2026, the state park page said Ritter Island is closed for the season. Whether the parking lot and path to the falls are open during the seasonal closure is not confirmed.

Before you go

Idaho state park Motor Vehicle Entry Fee permit required for vehicles in the park. Amount not confirmed on the reviewed page.

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Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.

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Gooding County, Idaho.

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