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Sailor Creek
Sailor Creek is located in Idaho
Sailor Creek
Location of the mouth of Sailor Creek in Idaho
Country United States
State Idaho
Counties Owyhee County, Idaho, Elmore County, Idaho
Physical characteristics
Main source southwest of Castleford, Owyhee County, Idaho
4,879 ft (1,487 m)
42°22′52″N 115°12′59″W / 42.38111°N 115.21639°W / 42.38111; -115.21639
River mouth Snake River
near Hammett, Owyhee County, Idaho
2,467 ft (752 m)
42°55′43″N 115°28′48″W / 42.92861°N 115.48000°W / 42.92861; -115.48000
Length 64 mi (103 km)

Sailor Creek is a 64-mile (103 km) long tributary of the Snake River in the U.S. state of Idaho. Beginning at an elevation of 4,879 feet (1,487 m) southwest of Castleford in southeastern Owyhee County, it flows north through the Bruneau Desert, briefly crossing into Elmore County in the process. It then flows northwest to its mouth near Hammett, at an elevation of 2,467 feet (751.9 m).

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