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Ruby Ridge
Ruby Ridge is located in Idaho
Ruby Ridge
Ruby Ridge
Location in Idaho
Ruby Ridge is located in the United States
Ruby Ridge
Ruby Ridge
Location in the United States
Highest point
Elevation 4,616 ft (1,407 m)
Geography
Location Kaniksu National Forest
Country United States
State Idaho
County Boundary
Topo map USGS: Naples, Dodge Peak, Moravia, and Roman Nose
Geology
Mountain type Homoclinal ridge

Ruby Ridge is a 4,616-foot (1,407 m) mountain ridge in the Kaniksu National Forest (administered as part of the Idaho Panhandle National Forests) in southern Boundary County, Idaho, United States.

The landform gained notoriety when an armed standoff named after the ridge occurred nearby in late August 1992, in which two civilians and one officer of the United States Marshals Service were killed.

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