2024 Map of Elmira

About this map

Elmira and Samuels sit along the north-south transit corridor of the Union Pacific Railroad in this northern Idaho landscape. The geography is defined by the Purcell Trench, a broad valley floor flanked by the rising slopes of the Cabinet Mountains to the east and Elmira Peak to the north. These mountain ranges are largely protected within the Kaniksu National Forest, where drainages like Grouse Creek and Jones Creek flow toward the Pack River. A network of rural routes, including Old Mill Rd and Colburn-Culver Rd, connects remote homesteads and airstrips like Spear Valley Airport to the rail line. Small alpine waters such as Bloom Lake and Sand Lake dot the high ridges, while the Gold Creek Cem serves as a quiet record of local families established in the valley below Sand Ridge.