Marsing Idaho, Discover the Rich Heritage of Gateway Country

Be near the crowd, but not in it!

A Gateway that opens to a land of outdoor recreation, history, agriculture and special events...

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Marsing Idaho, Gateway to Owyhee County, is a land of diverse opportunity and activity; a world of excitement! It's a Gateway that opens to a land of outdoor recreation, history, agriculture, and special events galore, a place near the crowd, but not in it. Your own resourcefulness is all you need to unlock this fabulous Gateway to fun, enlightenment an enjoyment.

 

Your unique personality dictates the special recreational activities you choose: fishing, jet skiing on the Snake River ( the lifeblood of Southern Idaho), hunting, rock hounding, camping in the high desert, or floating the river. Four distinct seasons allow for snowmobiling or four wheeling, in country as diverse as your own interests. 

Gateway Country is the home of one of the few Jet Sprint Boat race tracks in the United States. Small boats race against time on a narrow, twisting water track. The sport provides chills, thrill and lots of spills.

Yet another, Gateway opens to the land of mystery that overflows with history. Follow the trail of early immigrants an it wends it way to Oregon. Visit Map Rock where early Native Americans carved a regional map into hardened lava. Swim at Givens Hot Springs, once a social hot spot that attracted visitors from around the world. 

Explore Silver City, a former mining town in the Owyhee Mountains that bulged with more than 10,000 people during Idaho's rush for riches. Hear the stories of hard trials, sometimes deadly, endured by early pioneers and seekers after wealth.

Gateway Country also abounds with agriculture resources. World famous vineyards and wineries are plentiful on the rich sandy slopes above the Snake River. Fruit orchards are as numerous as the varieties they produce: apples, peaches, apricots and cherries grow in the region known as Sunny Slope. Dairies ranging from 5,000 to 15,000 head find that the right kind of hay produces the right kind of milk. Row crops are abundant: sugar beets, beans, seed corn, seed alfalfa, grains and more.

Gateway Country special events like jazz concerts, festivals, antique shows and sprint boat races offer abundant activity to fit your unique personality and interests.

Join us in Gateway Country Visit for a day Vacation for a week Stay a lifetime

    For more information, write to:       Or e-mail for visitor information:

Marsing Chamber of Commerce Box 247 Marsing ID. 83639   idahogateway@att.net