List of hillside letters in Idaho

This is a list of hillside letters (also known as mountain monograms) in the U.S. state of Idaho.[1][2][3] There are at least 35 hillside letters, acronyms, and messages in the state, possibly as many as 42.

Monogram	Town	Description	Location
A	Arco		43.6451°N 113.2879°W
B	Boise		43.5987°N 116.1489°W
B	Bruneau		42.8838°N 115.7961°W
B (uncertain existence)	Butte City		43.6095°N 113.2442°W (uncertain location)
B	Arco	Butte County High School	43.6546°N 113.2945°W
C	Cambridge		44.5601°N 116.7064°W
CHALLIS	Challis		44.4958°N 114.2491°W
CV	Kooskia	Clearwater Valley High School	46.1521°N 115.9837°W
D (uncertain existence)	Deary		46.8093°N 116.5562°W (uncertain location)
D	Declo		42.4798°N 113.5775°W
E	Emmett		43.8332°N 116.4822°W
1860 F	Franklin	settled in 1860, the first town in Idaho	42.0279°N 111.824°W
G	Grace		42.5746°N 111.6844°W
H (uncertain existence)	Hagerman		42.8118°N 114.8969°W (uncertain location)
H (uncertain existence)	Hailey		43.5153°N 114.3058°W (uncertain location)
H	Horseshoe Bend		43.9084°N 116.2151°W
I	Pocatello	Idaho State University	42.8603°N 112.4303°W
I	Inkom		42.7998°N 112.2524°W
K	Kamiah		46.2516°N 115.9809°W
K	Kendrick		46.6161°N 116.6397°W
L	Lava Hot Springs		42.6151°N 112.008°W
L	Leadore		44.7157°N 113.3676°W
L	Lewiston		46.461°N 117.004°W
M	Malad City		42.1995°N 112.2279°W
M	Midvale		44.4374°N 116.8074°W
M	Montpelier		42.3198°N 111.2911°W
M	Mullan		47.475°N 115.795°W
MH	Mountain Home		43.130814°N 115.634689°W
MV	Arimo	Marsh Valley High School	42.5973°N 112.153°W
O	Oakley		42.1964°N 113.9157°W
O	Orofino		46.4964°N 116.2634°W
P	Pocatello		42.8662°N 112.5102°W
P (uncertain existence)	Cottonwood	Prairie High School	46.0559°N 116.3495°W (uncertain location)
P	Preston		42.0942°N 111.7982°W
R	Rexburg	Ricks College	43.7901°N 111.9671°W
R	Rockland		42.5967°N 112.8801°W
S	Salmon		45.1586°N 113.8738°W
S (uncertain existence)	Shoshone		42.9354°N 114.4068°W (uncertain location)
S	Soda Springs		42.6695°N 111.6061°W
SMHS	St. Maries
W	Weiser		44.265°N 116.9591°W
WS	Dayton	West Side High School	42.0918°N 112.014°W

References

1. Corning, Evelyn (2007). Hillside Letters A to Z : A Guide to Hometown Landmarks. Missoula, Mont.: Mountain Press Publishing Company.
2. Rocha, Guy (June 2004), "Hillside Letters: In Plain Sight But Not Intended for Planes", Sierra Sage, archived from the original on 2011-07-22, retrieved 2011-08-09
3. Parsons, James J. (1988). "Hillside Letters in the Western United States". Landscape. Sante Fe, N.M. 30 (1): 15–23. Retrieved 2011-08-09.

External links

• Mountain Monograms, a website explaining the origins and with an incomplete list and pictures
• Hillside Letters, a companion website to a book on the subject
• Letters on Hills, a category on waymarking.com for geocachers