Henrys Lake is incredible habitat for waterfowl, shorebirds and other waterbirds. In May 2007, migration surveys estimated 4000 waterbirds using the general area, including over 1600 Franklin’s Gulls. The lake provides habitat to Trumpeter Swans, grebes, coots, gulls, terns, pelicans, avocets, stilts, cormorants, loons, eagles, ospreys and dozens of species of ducks. Henrys Lake Flat and the rangelands and wetlands around Henrys Lake support additional populations of waterfowl and shore birds but provided critical habitat for Sandhill Cranes, Long-billed Curlews, Great Blue Herons, Black-crowned Night-herons, bitterns, Soras, Killdeer, Greater Sage Grouse, and many species of upland raptors including Swainson’s Hawks. Red-Tailed Hawks, Peregrine Falcons and Northern Harriers.

One of Idaho’s great high mountain lakes, Henrys Lake is the kind of place that anglers dream about. Anglers fish for cutthroat, brook and cut-bow hybrid trout in what is considered one of the finest trout fisheries in the West. The park also offers beautiful nature trails for hiking and biking and wildlife and wildflower viewing.

Located 15 miles from Yellowstone National Park and surrounded on three sides by the Continental Divide, Henrys Lake State Park campsites are situated on the shoreline of the 6,000-acre lake. After a long day of fishing and hiking, take a swing on the porch of one of three park cabins.