4/3/2024 0 Comments Idaho time zone map![]() Cross the little bridge heading northeast, and pay attention to the sign. The Time Zone Bridge ( map) sits a couple of miles outside of Riggins, Idaho, a town situated within the anomaly. For within this anomaly, this little knob created by the Salmon River, the exact opposite holds true. Generally one has to turn the clock forward when crossing a time zone boundary heading east, but not here. Right there it’s possible to travel due east and move into a later time zone. This creates a little hernia of Mountain Time protruding into Pacific Time along the western edge of Idaho. Rivers, being what they are, follow underlying terrain in search of an outlet. Either you’re standing on one side of the river or the other. Rather, the boundary snakes along natural features, primarily the Salmon River, as it courses between Oregon and Montana. Exact lines don’t make much sense in a rugged, wilderness area. So, the time zone boundary crossing Idaho doesn’t follow a straight path. It’s natural that they would want to align with Pacific Time like their nearby neighbors and cohorts in Washington rather than the Mountain Time observed downstate. However they’re only thirty miles away from Spokane, Washington. Residents of Coeur d’Alene are located over four hundred miles away from Boise, the state capital. Much of northern Idaho follows Pacific Time which makes sense from an affinity perspective. He suggested I check out the land just south of Grangeville, Idaho. Matthew brought another fun time zone anomaly to my attention and it’s definitely worth discussing. You can find more information about Arizona time zones elsewhere on the blog at “ Arizona Does Not Recognize Daylight Saving Time.” For instance, many businesses in Tuba City observe standard time just like the rest of Arizona for commercial reasons and to avoid confusing tourists. Plus the lines aren’t even as clean as suggested. However it’s still a fun set of circumstances to ponder. In reality our traveler wouldn’t actually change his watch four times along this 90 mile route. Our fictional traveler would start in DST (Jeddito, Navajo exclave), switch to standard time (Hopi), switch to DST (Navajo), switch to standard time (Moenkopi, Hopi exclave) and switch to DST (Navajo) at Tuba City. Imagine someone traveling from Jeddito on Route 264 to Tuba City during the summer. All is fine during the winter months when everyone observes Mountain Standard Time but it spirals into confusion when DST kicks-in. The Navajo Nation recognizes daylight saving time (DST). A major Navajo town with more than 8,000 inhabitants, Tuba City, sits just above Moenkopi north of the intersection of Routes 160 and 264. Likewise the Hopi Nation also has an exclave, Moenkopi, within the Navajo Nation. ![]() The Navajo Nation has an exclave, Jeddito, within the primary Hopi territory. The boundaries of the Hopi Nation are enclosed entirely within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation. Thanks goodness for taxpayer supported public-domain images. I went to the National Atlas of the United States, applied a time zone layer and dropped the resulting image into graphics software to affix the proper labels. Actually, more specifically, I made a map. Mapping Itįinally I found a map that demonstrates my point. ![]() It shouldn’t be this difficult to find a good time zone map but apparently that’s the case unless one wants coverage of the entire United States. The other online mapping sites provide no help either, and the static maps are entirely hit-or-miss. Mapquest provides time zone boundaries at its higher-level views but those disappear just as I click-down to the proper level of detail. I mentioned the whole Arizona, Navajo, Hopi complexity in my response, but I’d been unable to find a decent map to get the point across. Recently he wondered whether I might have an interest in time zone boundaries. ![]() Matthew of the prullmw blog is a regular reader and commentator on the Twelve Mile Circle. ![]()
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