BURLEY, Idaho, Nov. 3, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — After tours for media and invited guests, free public tours for the Burley Idaho Temple begin this Thursday, Nov. 6, and continue through Nov. 22, excluding Sundays.
For more tour information, visit this page. For Utahns making the trip, the drive from Logan to Burley is a little more than 2 hours. From Salt Lake City, the drive is about 2 hours and 47 minutes.
A news release from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says the temple will be dedicated on Sunday, Jan. 11, and the dedicatory session will be broadcast to all congregations in the Burley Idaho Temple district.
After the dedication, the temple will no longer be open to the general public.
Local officials and invited guests toured the temple during media day today, Nov. 3, the statement says. Elder Steven R. Bangerter, executive director of the Temple Department, directed the proceedings. Elder K. Brett Nattress and Elder Karl D. Hirst, both General Authority Seventies, also attended the event.
President Russell M. Nelson announced the Burley Idaho Temple in April 2021.
“Temples are a vital part of the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ in its fullness,” he said. “Ordinances of the temple fill our lives with power and strength available in no other way. We thank God for those blessings.”
This baptistry photo of the Burley Idaho Temple was provided by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. with all rights reserved
Colors used in the temple’s interior decorations reflect the farmland and open skies that surround the area. The temple’s stained-glass patterns feature the potato plant blossom, tying local agricultural heritage into the temple’s design, the news release says.
The Burley Idaho Temple will be the 11th temple in the state. Dedicated temples are in Boise, Idaho Falls, Meridian, Pocatello, Rexburg and Twin Falls.
Other temples that have been announced or that are under construction include the Caldwell, Coeur d’Alene, Montpelier and Teton River Idaho temples.
Idaho is home to nearly 500,000 Latter-day Saints in around 1,300 congregations.
