Soda Springs Ranger District announces Hornet Canyon Area and Road Closure

SODA SPRING, Idaho – July 11, 2024 – The popular Hornet Creek area, including portions of FS Roads 1255 and 395, will be closed while the area is undergoing restoration and rehabilitation activities this summer. Access to the area, including disbursed camping, is closed to the public. We ask that you follow this and other orders on the forest and that you to be respectful of equipment that is staged during the project.

The order is in effect from June 20, 2024, through June 6, 2025. The Described Area includes all NFS lands within the following boundaries: beginning in the west of Hornet Creek, NFS road (NFSR) 1255, to Diamond Creek Road 1102, then north to the top of section 7, following the section line west, then south to Hornet Creek, following Hornet Creek east and ending back at Hornet Canyon 1255 Road.

The Described Roads are the portion of NFSR 1255, Hornet Creek Road, beginning at the section line of Section 8 and ending at the road’s end; and NFSR395. Diamond Creek Road (NFSR 1102) will remain open and is not part of the closure order.

For more information contact the Soda Springs District at 208-547-4356.