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Pocatello Recreation and Entertainment

With magnificent venues and a college campus set in the unspoiled mountains and streams of Idaho, Pocatello is a favorite destination for athletes, artists, scholars, and outdoorsmen alike.

Recreation

In March 2008, OutdoorLife Magazine ranked Pocatello #5 in its collection of the top 200 towns for outdoorsmen. More than a thousand miles of major recreational trails wind through the expanse of Southeast Idaho where over half the area is public land, a million acres is national forest, and even more is controlled by the Bureau of Land Management and the state. Abounding with mountains, cliffs, lakes, rivers, and natural hot springs, the Pocatello region offers endless recreational adventures. Try your hand at one of these popular sports—all available just minutes outside of town:

Fishing Hunting Rock Climbing Water Skiing Rafting/Boating/Canoeing Hot Tubbing (in natural springs) Swimming

Snow Skiing/Boarding Cross Country Skiing Snow Shoeing Hiking/Walking/Jogging Mountain/Dirt Biking Snowmobiling Horse Riding

In town, Pocatello offers three golf courses (two public, one private), two miniature golf courses, a driving range, and a frisbee golf course. Parks and jogging trails scatter the city. And there is even an outstanding deep-diving facility with rare fish.

Entertainment

Indoor adventures await in Pocatello's outstanding arenas and theaters. Holt Arena, ISU's 12,000-seat covered stadium, hosts numerous sporting competitions and special events. The L.E. & Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center, one of the nation's premier performing arts facilities, regularly presents plays, symphonies, and concerts. Mystique is an enchanting medieval dinner theater, and Westside Players attracts local talent to produce community theater. Pocatello supports three movie theaters and a seasonal drive-in movie theater. If you're feeling lucky, it's just a 10-minute drive to the Fort Hall Indian Reservation where you can go for broke at gambling games like high-stakes bingo.

Links

• Portneuf Greenway Foundation (Pocatello area trails)
• Southeast Idaho Recreation
• Downata Hot Springs Recreational Ranch
• Lava Hot Springs