Smiths Ferry is a census-designated place in Valley County, Idaho, United States.

[2] Situated where the North Fork of the Payette River briefly calms and widens.

[3] Smiths Ferry sits along State Highway 55, the primary north–south route out of Boise, It was designated the "Payette River Scenic Byway" in 1977.

[6] In 1962, a U.S. Air Force B-47E bomber crashed on a training mission shortly before midnight on August 22 in the mountains several miles south of Smiths Ferry (44°12′13″N 116°03′50″W / 44.2037°N 116.064°W / 44.2037; -116.064).

Controlled flight into terrain started a forest fire near the summit of Packer John Mountain, and all three crew were killed.