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Welcome to Smelter Heights ...

Smelter Heights is located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Smelter Heights is located in Shoshone County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Smelter Heights: Smelter Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Smelter Heights is 2,500 feet [762 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Smelter Heights is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Smelter Heights lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Smelter Heights (for example, toward Thompson Falls (MT)), you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Smelter Heights: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Smelter Heights ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Smelter Heights.

  • Pinehurst
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Osburn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Wallace
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Mullan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Kingston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Cataldo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Silverton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Delta
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Delta is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Canyon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Canyon is located in Kootenai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
  • Carbon Center
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Carbon Center is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Center

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Smelter Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Smelter Heights.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Smelter Heights. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smelter Heights.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Smelter Heights. See our Newspapers Page for Smelter Heights.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Smelter Heights ...

Looking for more information about Smelter Heights? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Smelter Heights, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Smelter Heights.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Shoshone, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Smelter Heights - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Smelter Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Smelter Heights area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.