Owyhee County (/ oʊˈwaɪ.hiː / oh-WYE-hee) is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,913. [1] . The county seat is Murphy, [2] and its largest city is Homedale. [3] . In area it is the second-largest county in …

Located in Idaho’s southwestern corner, Owyhee County is bordered by Nevada on the south, Oregon on the west, Canyon, Ada and Elmore counties on the north and Twin Falls County on the east. Owyhee is the second largest county in Idaho.

Named for the river, mountains and mining area explored by Hawaiian fur trappers in 1819-1820. Hawaii and Owyhee are different spellings of the same word.

The Owyhee Range of extreme southwestern Idaho was one of the last explored areas in the lower 48 states. The terrain in the region is rugged and varies from 2000 feet to over 8000 feet in elevation. The true beauty and wilderness of the region lies in its lower canyons, some of which have probably seen only a few human visits, ever.

The Owyhee Canyonlands is a huge and remote area of eastern Oregon, southwestern Idaho and northern Nevada. Hidden within this vast high desert plateau are deep canyons carved by the Owyhee, Bruneau and Jarbidge Rivers.

The Owyhee Canyonlands cover an area of over 5 million acres and is located in southeastern Oregon, southwestern Idaho, and northwestern Nevada. The area is bordered by the Snake River to the north, the Owyhee River to the west, and the Jarbidge Wilderness to the east.

Owyhee is the second largest county in Idaho. The name, Owyhee, comes from early fur trappers. In 1819, three natives from Hawaii, part of Donald McKenzie’s fur-trapping expedition, were sent to trap a large stream that emptied into the Snake River.

Nicknamed by local ranchers as the “Big Quiet,” Southwest Idaho’s Owyhee desert is still the most remote, undeveloped region in the lower 48. Out here, volcanic cliffs and raging rivers cut through the expanse of high desert.

The Owyhee Mountains are an incredible mountain uplands that are still mostly unknown to most Idahoans. These mountains cover Idaho’s entire southwestern corner and spill into Nevada and eastern Oregon. The range’s terrain varies significantly and is perhaps best known for its many spectacular canyons and slot-like gorges cut through softer ...

Owyhee is an unincorporated community in Ada County, Idaho, United States, [1] roughly 14 miles (23 km) south of Boise. [2] Owyhee had a post office 1883–1919. [3]