| Profiles of Long Valley Seven Long Valley profiles were part of a "windshield survey" of land use. They are accessed by selecting the blue text from the index below. Each profile Web page will display two formats: - A slide show with captions, and
- A map that locates each photograph.
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| Farm to Market Road, and the Boulder Lake Road, are southeast of the McCall city limits. The profile begins at the edge of forestland owned by the state of Idaho (and adjacent to the Payette National Forest). Traveling west, the land use changes to private forestland, pasture, and subdivisions. Boulder Lake Road leads to popular hiking trails. |
| Gold Fork Road is directly east of Donnelly and Tamarack Resort. The profile begins just inside the Boise National Forest boundary, passes a commercial hot springs, private forestland, ranches, and terminates with a surprising waterfront development project. |
| Warm Lake Road profile begins with private ranchland in Scott Valley, and progresses West through private forest and ranchland. The photo journal includes a new subdivision overlooking the Valley, and an established home development on the edge of forestland. The roads in the development are private. |
| Lower West Mountain Road begins at the south end of Cascade Lake. Heading north, adjacent to the Boise National Forest, are many cabins tucked in dense canopy - some in place for decades, and others relatively new. This profile terminates at the southern end of Tamarack Resort. |
| Tamarack Resort is a high density real estate development project that offers year-round recreation. A conference center near the main hotel consists of three buildings that are replicas from the town of Arling. Successful property sales of individual homes and cabins were followed by a six building complex, the Village Plaza. Credit problems have halted construction. The profile captures the new recreation community on the edge of the Boise National Forest, with ski runs located on a state lease. |
| Upper West Mountain Road includes a broad diversity of land uses, beginning with a housing development east of the road. Two national forests border private land to the West. A side trip to No Business Lookout travels by an active logging site and a private residence. Closer to McCall, the profile passes a gated community and a low density riverside development designed with open space. |
| Herrick Lane leads to a block of land that separates Long and Round Valleys. Starting one mile from the Boise National Forest, productive timberland was converted to a residential subdivision. While all 56 lots are vacant today, the adjoining neighborhood to the west indicates an established demand. The photo journal captures the existing homes and the meadows at valley bottom. |
