Where is Paris, Idaho?

Paris is in Bear Lake County, Idaho. Nearby towns include Bloomington (2.5 mi), St. Charles (7.9 mi), Montpelier (8.0 mi).

What is the population of Paris, Idaho?

Paris has a population of about 555 (U.S. Census).

What schools are in Paris, Idaho?

Paris has 2 operating public schools in Bear Lake County District, including Bear Lake On-Line Learning, Paris Elementary School.

What parks are in Paris, Idaho?

Paris has 1 park, including Dingle Park.

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Paris, Idaho

Bear Lake County555 people

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About Paris

Paris is a city in Bear Lake County, where it is the county seat. About 555 people lived here in 2024, by Census estimate. It sits at about 6,000 feet, 70 miles southeast of Pocatello in a straight line.

Places listed for this area include the Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge and Paris Ice Cave.

Moving to Paris

Start with homes, jobs and local services in and around Paris.

Cost of living

Paris is outside the Idaho metros with a 2024 federal price figure, so this uses the Idaho statewide level. A basket that costs $100 in the U.S. costs $95.49 here, under the U.S. average by 4.5%.

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Public schools in Paris

All 2

District, enrollment, and students per teacher from the federal 2024-25 directory. No ratings.

Bear Lake On-Line Learning
Bear Lake County District · K-8
224 students
Paris Elementary School
Bear Lake County District · PK-5
134 students · 16.8 students per teacher

Services for Paris

All services

DMV counters are the county offices. A gas utility appears only when its public list names Paris.

Paris · Vehicles
30 N Main St. Paris, ID 83261-0190
· Mon. - Fri. 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Paris · Driver's licenses
30 N Main Paris, ID 83261
· Mon. - Fri. 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

No natural gas utility on the official town lists names Paris.

Allergy ratings in Paris

What a typical year looks like: Low, Moderate or High for each pollen season, plus wildfire smoke. Typical, general guidance. It is not medical advice. Pollen and smoke change with the weather every year, and what bothers you depends on what you are allergic to. See an allergist for testing.

Wildfire smoke
Mostly July to September
Low
Rating: Low, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High. 2.2 days a year with air quality over 100. Worst year 6 (2021).

No pollen rating for Paris. The nearest National Allergy Bureau counting station in Idaho data is Twin Falls, 158 miles away, which is farther than we borrow a rating from. Mountain valleys can differ a lot from the plains. Look up today's counts instead.

How these ratings are worked out

Pollen is rated on the National Allergy Bureau bands for the grains of pollen in a cubic meter of air. Trees: Low under 15, Moderate 15 to 89, High 90 to 1,499. Weeds: Low under 10, Moderate 10 to 49, High 50 to 499. Grass: Low under 5, Moderate 5 to 19, High 20 to 199. The band is the one reached on the busiest quarter of counted days. A rating is typical, not a forecast: one wet or windy year can move it.

Wildfire smoke, Low. The average number of days a year the EPA's air quality index passed 100 ("unhealthy for sensitive groups" or worse), 2021-2025. Under 3 days is Low, 3 to 9 Moderate, 10 or more High. That grouping is ours, not the EPA's. Bear Lake County has no EPA monitor, so this uses Franklin County, 31 miles away. The count includes any cause, but across Idaho's monitors 86% of those days fell in July to September and 94% were fine particles (PM2.5), which is what wildfire smoke is made of (570 county-days, 2021-2025).

Not rated. Mold: no published mold spore counts for Idaho towns are in the data used, so there is no mold rating. House dust, pets and food allergies are outside this rating.

Sources

EPA AirData: annual AQI by county

Today

Pollen data through 2003-2024, smoke data 2021-2025. Checked 2026-10-03.

Map of Paris

Parks, new home communities, homes for sale and stays listed in town. Select a pin to open it.

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Parks in Paris

1 named park on OpenStreetMap.

Dingle Park

Parks, trails and things to do

All of Idaho

Places in and around Paris, nearest first: everything tied to Paris plus anything within 15 miles of town.

Things to do

Caves

Paris Ice Cavecave
8.2 mi
Minnetonka Cave Tourcave · near St. Charles
11 mi
Minnetonka Cavecave · near St. Charles
11 mi
Cougar Cavecave · near Montpelier
12 mi

Viewpoints

Telegraph Lookoutviewpoint · near Bloomington
12 mi

Museums

Butch Cassidy Bank Robery Museummuseum · near Montpelier
7.9 mi
The National Oregon / California Trail Centermuseum · near Montpelier
8.5 mi

Historic sites

Scout's Monumenthistoric site · near Montpelier
9.7 mi

Parks

Bear Lake National Wildlife Refugewildlife refuge
3.5 mi
Dingle Park
6.8 mi
American War Mothers Memorial Parknear Montpelier
7.7 mi
Adam's Parknear Montpelier
7.8 mi
Heritage Parknear Montpelier
7.9 mi
Lincoln Parknear Montpelier
7.9 mi
Stock Parknear Montpelier
8.5 mi
Alinger Parknear Montpelier
9.1 mi
Bear Lake County Fairgroundsnear Montpelier
9.1 mi
Montpelier Wildlife Management Areanature reserve · near Montpelier
11 mi

Trails (nearest 12 of 31)

Rainbow Trail2.6 mi long · near Bloomington
4.8 mi
Midland Trail5.9 mi long · near Bloomington
8.0 mi
Paris Peak6.9 mi long · near Bloomington
8.0 mi
3160.6 mi long
11 mi
Bloomington Highline0.7 mi long · near Bloomington
11 mi
North Fork St Charles2.5 mi long · near St. Charles
11 mi
Minnetonka Trail0.4 mi long · near St. Charles
11 mi
Hells Kitchen1.7 mi long
12 mi
Horse Basin3.4 mi long
12 mi
Highline6.3 mi long · near St. Charles
12 mi
Gertsch Hollow Trail0.3 mi long · near Montpelier
12 mi
Willow Flat2.6 mi long · near St. Charles
12 mi

Distances are straight-line miles. From state and federal agency pages, the USGS place names list and OpenStreetMap contributors. Checked October 2, 2026. Check the official page for hours, fees and closures before you go.