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Welcome to Tenmile Summer Home Area ...

Tenmile Summer Home Area is located in Boise County<1>.

Tenmile Summer Home Area is 4,880 feet [1,487 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Tenmile Summer Home Area is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Tenmile Summer Home Area lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Tenmile Summer Home Area: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Tenmile Summer Home Area ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Tenmile Summer Home Area.

  • Idaho City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Crouch
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Crouch is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
  • Placerville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Banner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Banner is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
  • Grimes Pass
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Grimes Pass is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes Pass
  • Lowman
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Quartzburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Quartzburg is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzburg
  • Garden Valley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Banks
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Horseshoe Bend
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)

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 Tenmile Summer Home Area. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tenmile Summer Home Area.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Tenmile Summer Home Area. 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 Tenmile Summer Home Area.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Tenmile Summer Home Area. See our Newspapers Page for Tenmile Summer Home Area.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tenmile Summer Home Area ...

Looking for more information about Tenmile Summer Home Area? 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 Tenmile Summer Home Area, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Tenmile Summer Home Area.

Adding Tenmile Summer Home Area to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tenmile Summer Home Area in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Tenmile Summer Home Area was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tenmile Summer Home Area.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Boise, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tenmile Summer Home Area - 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 Tenmile Summer Home Area area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Tenmile Summer Home Area 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.