Parks and Recreation


The Parks and Recreation Department’s main goal is to provide access to safe and maintained park facilities and outdoor environments that allow individuals to pursue recreational and leisure activities to benefit health and well-being of the residents of Latah County and visitors.

County Parks

Description: 105 acres with reservoir surrounded by trails.

User Fees: Overnight primitive camping – $15/night. RV area with 10 pull-through sites with power and water - $25/night

Hours: Day-use Dawn-Dusk; Quiet Hours 9 PM – 7 AM

Location: 12 miles east of Moscow, ID on Hwy 8 (From US Hwy 95 in Moscow go about 12 miles east on State Hwy 8 through Troy. Continue 2.7 miles and turn north at the brown Access sign onto Spring Valley Rd. The reservoir will come into view in about two and a half miles)

Facilities:
  • Stocked Fishing Area
  • Fishing Docks
  • Picnic Tables
  • Boat Ramp
  • Vault Toilets
  • Campground
  • Large Picnic Shelter
Things to Do:
  • Fishing
  • Boating (no gas-powered motors)
  • Hiking
  • Picnicking
  • bird Watching
  • Swimming - No lifeguard on duty

Description: 3 acres

User Fees: None

Hours: 7 am - Dusk

Additional Information: The property for the park was donated to the county as a recreation area by Grace Hylton, widow of John Bateson, Section Boss for the Washington, Idaho & Montana (WI&M) Railway Company. The county maintains it as a park.
In its heyday, Harvard served as a trading center, with a hotel, post office, store, livery stable and other businesses, as the railroad carried logs from the harvest sites to the sawmill at Potlatch.

Facilities:
  • Baseball field
  • Single basketball hoop
  • Swing set and Playground
  • Barbeque grills
  • Covered picnic table area
  • Restrooms (closed during winter months)
Things to Do:
  • Baseball/Softball
  • Play
  • Picnicking

Location: 3 miles west of Bovill, ID on Hwy 3/8. From Moscow, ID, go on Hwy 8 East through Deary, continue on Hwy 3 to milepost 38.1, then turn left (north) onto FR 281 (signed and just before Bovill); follow FR 281 for about 2 miles to reservoir.

Description: A shallow lake in rolling timbered hills on Idaho's Birding Trail, Moose Creek Reservoir is ideal for kayaks and float tubes. A trail surrounds the lake and nine fishing docks provide good shore fishing opportunities. There is a small developed boat ramp but gas motors are not allowed on this lake. Rainbow trout are heavily stocked in the spring and fall.

Hours Open: Year-round, from dawn to dusk

User Fees: None for day-use. $15 for primitive sites for tents or RVs

Facilities:
  • Stocked fishing area
  • Fishing docks
  • Picnic tables
  • Vault toilets
Things to Do:
  • Fishing
  • Boating (electric motors only)
  • hiking
  • Picnicking
  • Camping

Location: 5 miles north of Moscow, ID on HWY 95

Description: 160 acres of open space with grasslands, forests, ponds, wetlands, and rock outcrops.

Hours Open: Dawn - Dusk

User Fees: None, unless a reservation is desired ($30)

Additional Information: The park was originally a farm owned by Virgil Phillips who donated the land to the City of Moscow. It is currently owned by the City but managed by Latah County. See Friends of Phillips Farm website for information about upcoming events here.

Facilities:
  • Hiking Trail
  • Two Picnic Shelters
  • Trailhead Vault Toilet
Things to Do:
  • Hiking
  • Picnicking
  • Walking
  • Cross Country Skiing/Sledding
  • Annual Fall Festival that features cider pressing, music, and nature activities
  • Summer camps for children

Location: 5168 Robinson Park Rd. Moscow, ID (5 miles northeast of Moscow)

Description: 54 Acres of grassland and forest

Hours: Day-use Summer 7 AM - 9 PM; Winter 7 AM - Dusk. Quiet Hours 9 PM - 9 AM

User Fees: None for day-use, unless day-use reservation is desired ($30).
Primitive area camping $15/night.
RV area with 5 sites plus overflow sites with power to each site (20/30/50 amp), central water hydrant, concrete restroom, ADA picnic tables. No showers. $25/night

NOTE: All RV and overnight camping use is ‘first come, first served’ No reservations;14-day limit per 28-day period

Facilities:
  • Shelters
  • Vault toilet
  • Swing set
  • Barbeque grills
  • Softball fields
  • Fire rings
  • Amphitheater
  • Hiking trails
  • Campground
Things to Do:
  • Softball
  • Hiking
  • Play
  • Picnicking
  • Presentations at the Amphitheater

The Ed Corkill Trail runs along the abandoned railroad right-of-way, parallel to State Highway 3, between Kendrick and Juliaetta.

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Location: Paved trail from Moscow, ID to Bear Creek Canyon east of Troy, ID.

Description: 15 miles of paved trail, converted from railroad tracks to multi-use trail. 11 miles between Moscow and Troy. 4 miles past Troy where the trail terminates.

Hours: Year-round, dawn to dusk

User Fees: None

Additional Information: See Latah Trail Foundation website here.

Facilities:
  • Vault toilets
  • Picnic Tables
  • Parking Areas
Things to do:
  • Walking
  • Running
  • Bicycling
  • Cross-country Skiing

Location: 2370 N. Polk Ext., just past the Moscow, ID city limits

Description: 8.3 acres

Hours: 7 AM - Dusk

User Fees: None

Additional Information: This property was donated to Latah County by Reo Lloyd to be used for a natural park when he passed away in 2019. In 2023, members of Moscow’s Masonic Lodge, Paradise Lodge No. 17, constructed the picnic shelter in his honor. Lloyd planted hundreds of trees on the property, most of which are different types of conifers; the rest are plum trees along the perimeter of the property with some oak trees scattered throughout.

Facilities:
  • Vault toilets
  • Picnic Shelter
Things to do:
  • Hiking
  • Picnics

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