2455 Old Penitentiary Road

Boise, ID 83712 (Next to the Old Pen)

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Hours: 12-5 Friday & Saturday; Sundays 12:30-3:30. CLOSED 9/5-9/7 due to an event at the Old Pen which will close off access to the museum.

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Shoofly Oolites: Landscape of Mars

Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology 2455 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, ID, United States

Oolites are rocks made up of small round calcium carbonate deposits (not sand) which look like tiny (BB-size) eggs. The Shoofly Oolite area is a geologic wonderland located about 70 miles away from Boise near Grand View Idaho. It's probably the closest you can come to hiking on the surface of Mars. The hike is […]

$20.0020