About Donnelly, Idaho
Donnelly, Idaho is a very small community
about 11 miles south of McCall. It may be diminutive now, but
it is situated right at the foot of the West’s newest ski
and golf resort, Tamarack which makes it one of the prime real
estate locations in Valley County next to McCall itself.
Donnelly is near the Cascade Reservoir
and the Payette River and is known as a prime fishing spot. Since
it is located in a wide valley surrounded by mountains, is it
also excellent snowmobile and cross country skiing territory.
For those interested in history,
the Roseberry Museum is just a few miles east of Donnelly. The
museum includes a turn of the century church, a school/city hall,
store, residence, and farm machinery are the center of this ghost
town. The museum includes logging, woodworking tools, and a spinning
wheel and loom used by local Finnish pioneers. Until the turn
of the century, Roseberry was the urban center of northern Long
Valley. The town gradually moved to Donnelly.