Silverleaf Squares

​Saturdays 7:00 pm, September - May
Mainstream
Caller: Del (Robyn) Morton
Special Dance: "Stew Feed" in early March
​You can visit our website at www.silverleafdance.com
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Silverleaf Square Dance Hall
9668 Silver Leaf Rd Emmett, Idaho 83617
The directions given in the online facilities might not be the best choices (and those given by MapQuest are to some extent wrong : { - though you might be able to use the map itself).  A better choice than MapQuest for this purpose would be Yahoo! or Google - for either of which you must use "Silver Leaf" instead of "Silverleaf".  In Yahoo!Maps, put in "Silver Leaf, Emmett, Idaho").  In Google Maps, put in "Silver Leaf, Emmett, ID 83617" as the destination.  (In Google, you can see the satellite image - cool.)

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Here are some minimalist turning directions: (you can print this at the file link above)
FROM EMMETT:
  • Go north on Washington (the main drag - alias Hwy 52) to Black Canyon Hwy (now this is Hwy 52, as it turns right/east)
  • Turn LEFT/west on BLACK CANYON HWY - go several miles to where it meets Hanna Rd. at only stop sign
  • Turn RIGHT/north (at Silverleaf sign) on HANNA AVE. - follow it around as it VEERS LEFT/west to become UPPER AVE.
  • Turn RIGHT/north (at Silverleaf sign) on SILVERLEAF EXT. - follow it around as it VEERS LEFT/west to become SILVERLEAF RD...
  • And look for the brick red hall on the RIGHT/north side of the road
(The above Emmett directions are best for those coming from north of Hwy 52/16.  If you live near or south of that east-west highway, you might prefer the greater speed of traveling west on it until you get to Letha - in which case, follow the directions below...)
 
FROM (MIDDLETON through) LETHA:  
  • If you've come over Emmett Rd./Little Freezeout from the Middleton area, turn LEFT/west when you get to that ubiquitous HWY 52
  • Turn RIGHT/north on BERGLAND RD. at the Letha exit - immediately turn RIGHT on LETHA RD. and go east through Letha, following the road as it swings north and crosses the RR and the river
  • Then immediately turn LEFT (at Silverleaf sign) on HANNA AVE. and go north until it VEERS LEFT/west to become UPPER AVE.
  • Turn RIGHT/north (at Silverleaf sign) on SILVERLEAF EXT. - follow it around as it VEERS LEFT/west to become SILVERLEAF RD...
  • And look for the brick red hall on the RIGHT/north side of the road
     
FROM (CALDWELL on I84/Hwy 30 to just south of) NEW PLYMOUTH or PAYETTE:
  • If you're coming from New Plymouth (Fruitland, Ontario, etc.), you'll turn LEFT/east (if from Caldwell area, turn right/east) onto HWY 72... which BECOMES HWY 52 at Hamilton Corner, where that road from Payette turns east
  • This segment of Hwy 52 then swings southeast... and if you're finding your way in the dark, you might want to just keep on 52 until you get to Letha, turn left on Letha Rd. (or Bergland, if you miss the first turnoff) and follow the directions above (through Letha, north to Hanna, etc.)
  • If you want to take the shorter-but-weirder back way... just after Hwy 52 swings southeast, get ready to turn LEFT/east on DALLAS RD. - when it deadends, turn LEFT/north onto FREEMONT RD.
  • Freemont MERGES INTO BLUFF RD. (a truly back way from Payette, as well), which meanders a bit and eventually turns south and BECOMES LOWER BENCH RD...
  • From there, turn LEFT/east onto SILVERLEAF RD. and look for the brick red hall on your LEFT/north

So!...  If you're going to be coming out for the first time in the dark, maybe you'd like to take a leisurely and picturesque daytime jaunt out to Silverleaf first?  If you go through Emmett or Letha, look for the black and white "Silverleaf" signs at some strategic major junctions.  (Be sure to follow the speed limit signs as you go along - they really do make sense.  Black Canyon Highway, by the way, is a speeding ticket trap.)
On dance nights, the hall will be lit for you...  You'll see the little red school house on the north side of Silverleaf Rd., surrounded by fields on either side and backed by the rolling hills - and there you are!  We'll be waiting...