Golf in Shelley

Shelley is a small Bingham County farming community along the Snake River south of Idaho Falls, defined by potato and grain agriculture that dominates this stretch of the upper Snake River Plain. The community sits at roughly 4,500 feet on the flat volcanic plain where canal irrigation transforms desert into farmland, and Journey's End Golf Course serves the recreational needs of a tight-knit agricultural town. Shelley hosts an annual potato festival reflecting the crop's central role in the local economy and community identity—an unself-conscious celebration of the industry that built the Snake River Plain's agricultural prosperity and continues to sustain small farming communities throughout southeastern Idaho.