Where is Wendell, Idaho?

Wendell is in Gooding County, Idaho. Nearby towns include Jerome (10 mi), Hagerman (10 mi), Gooding (11 mi).

What is the population of Wendell, Idaho?

Wendell has a population of about 3,032 (U.S. Census).

What schools are in Wendell, Idaho?

Wendell has 3 operating public schools in Wendell District, including Wendell Elementary School, Wendell High School, Wendell Middle School.

What parks are in Wendell, Idaho?

Wendell has 2 parks, including Box Canyon Springs Preserve, McGinnis Park.

South Central Idaho

Wendell, Idaho

Gooding County3,032 people

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About Wendell

Wendell is a city in Gooding County. About 3,032 people lived here in 2024, by Census estimate. It sits at about 3,400 feet, 19 miles northwest of Twin Falls in a straight line.

Places listed for this area include Box Canyon Springs Nature Preserve and Blue Heart Spings.

Moving to Wendell

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

Cost of living

Wendell 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 Wendell

All 3

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

Wendell Elementary School
Wendell District · PK-4
429 students · 18.7 students per teacher
Wendell High School
Wendell District · 9-12
325 students · 17.1 students per teacher
Wendell Middle School
Wendell District · 5-8
350 students · 18.4 students per teacher

Services for Wendell

All services

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

Gooding · Licenses and vehicles
145 7th Ave E. Gooding, ID 83330-1300
· Mon. - Thur. 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Intermountain Gas · natural gas, on the company's town list. A main is not guaranteed at every address.

Allergy ratings in Wendell

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.

Spring trees
March to June
Moderate
Rating: Moderate, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. Peaks in April
Early-summer grass
Late May to July
High
Rating: High, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. Late May to early July
Fall weeds and sagebrush
August to October
High
Rating: High, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. Peaks in September
Wildfire smoke
Mostly July to September
Moderate
Rating: Moderate, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High. 3.4 days a year with air quality over 100. Worst year 7 (2021).

Counted nearby. Pollen ratings come from the Twin Falls station in the Magic Valley, 19 miles away.

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.

Spring trees, Moderate. Twin Falls NAB station, 757 counted days in 2003 to 2024: on the busiest quarter of days the tree count was 54 grains per cubic meter or more, which the NAB bands call Moderate. On the busiest tenth of days it was 125 or more.

Early-summer grass, High. No grass counts are published for Twin Falls. The Treasure Valley figure is used: the same Snake River Plain, and Twin Falls tree and weed counts match Boise's pattern. The NAB grass bands: Low under 5, Moderate 5 to 19, High 20 to 199, Very High 200 or more grains per cubic meter.

Fall weeds and sagebrush, High. Twin Falls NAB station, 536 counted days in 2004 to 2023: on the busiest quarter of days the weed count was 71 grains per cubic meter or more, which the NAB bands call High. On the busiest tenth of days it was 114 or more.

Wildfire smoke, Moderate. 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. Gooding County has no EPA monitor, so this uses Twin Falls County, 28 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.

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

Map of Wendell

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Parks in Wendell

2 named parks on OpenStreetMap.

Box Canyon Springs Preserve
McGinnis Park

Parks, trails and things to do

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

Things to do

Waterfalls

Lemmon Fallswaterfall · near Hagerman
7.3 mi
Minnie Miller Fallswaterfall · near Hagerman
7.3 mi
Devils Washboard Fallswaterfall · near Buhl
8.4 mi
Devil's washbowl waterfallwaterfall · near Hagerman
9.9 mi
Salmon Fallswaterfall · near Hagerman
9.9 mi
Lower Salmon Fallswaterfall · near Hagerman
11 mi
Auger Fallswaterfall · near Twin Falls
14 mi

Viewpoints

Woodys cove interpretive areaviewpoint · near Hagerman
11 mi
Snake River Lookoutviewpoint · near Hagerman
11 mi
Historic Oregon Trail Overlookviewpoint · near Hagerman
13 mi

Museums

Jerome County Historical Museummuseum · near Jerome
10 mi
Hagerman National monument and thousand springs state park visitor centermuseum · near Hagerman
10 mi

Attractions

Box Canyon Springs Nature Preserveattraction
7.3 mi
Blue Heart Spingsattraction
7.8 mi
Hagerman National Fish Hatcheryattraction · near Hagerman
8.5 mi
Jerome County Fairgroundsattraction · near Jerome
9.5 mi
Historic Oregon Trail 1840-1860attraction · near Hagerman
13 mi

Visitor centers

Thousand Springs Visitor Centervisitor center · near Hagerman
10 mi

Parks (nearest 12 of 21)

Thousand Springs State Parkstate park · near Hagerman
9.6 mi
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Visitors Centernational park site · near Hagerman
10 mi
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monumentnational park site · near Hagerman
12 mi
McGinnis Park
0.6 mi
Niagara Springs Wildlife Management Areanear Buhl
7.3 mi
Box Canyon Springs Preserve
7.3 mi
Ritter Islandnear Hagerman
7.4 mi
Hagerman Wildlife Management Areanear Hagerman
9.0 mi
Billingsley Creek Wildlife Management Areanear Hagerman
9.7 mi
Centennial Heritage Parknear Jerome
10 mi
Malad Gorge State Parknear Hagerman
10 mi
Camozzi Parknear Jerome
10 mi

Trails

River Trail0.7 mi long · near Hagerman
7.3 mi
Emigrant Trail3.3 mi long · near Hagerman
13 mi
Tristan's Flow0.3 mi long · difficult bike trail · near Filer
13 mi
Mattie's Trail0.7 mi long · easy bike trail · near Filer
13 mi
Sam's Edge Trail0.5 mi long · intermediate bike trail · near Filer
13 mi
Paleo Channel Trail0.9 mi long · intermediate bike trail · near Filer
13 mi
Rock Creek Trail1.1 mi long · intermediate bike trail · near Filer
14 mi
Blue Gill Trail1 mi long · easy bike trail · near Twin Falls
14 mi
Blue Bottle Trail0.5 mi long · intermediate bike trail · near Twin Falls
14 mi
Wendell-Shoshone Sheep Trail9.8 mi long · near Shoshone
14 mi
Porcupine Trail0.8 mi long · intermediate bike trail · near Twin Falls
14 mi
Homestead Loop0.5 mi long · intermediate bike trail · near Twin Falls
14 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.