Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Open House and Dedication

The open house and dedication dates for the Burley Idaho Temple have been announced. A public open house will be held from Thursday, November 6, through Saturday, November 22, 2025, excluding Sundays, following a media day on Monday, November 3, and tours for invited guests on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 4 and 5. The temple will be dedicated on Sunday, January 11, 2026. The dedicatory session will be broadcast to all congregations in the temple district.¹

Groundbreaking Ceremony

Elder Brent H. Nielson of the Presidency of the Seventy presided at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Burley Idaho Temple on Saturday, June 4, 2022. Elder Nielson, who was born and raised in Burley, said, "It was just a few hundred yards from here where I learned to…love and enjoy life and the wonderful abundance that the Lord has blessed all who reside in this beautiful Magic Valley." The 38,600-square-foot temple will be constructed on a 10.1-acre site at 40 South and 150 East in Burley. "When soil is turned and seeds are sown, a bountiful harvest is always expected," said Elder Nielson in the dedicatory prayer. "As we turn this soil, we pray for an eternal harvest as a house of the Lord, a holy temple, rises out of the ground in this place."²

Temple Rendering

On September 17, 2021, the official exterior rendering was released for the Burley Idaho Temple.

Temple Site

On June 23, 2021, the location of the Burley Idaho Temple was announced as a 10.1-acre piece of farmland, located just west of the Snake River and Highway 81. Plans call for a two-story temple of approximately 38,600 square feet.³

Temple Announcement

On April 4, 2021, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Burley Idaho Temple at the 191st Annual General Conference. The Burley Idaho Temple will be the seventh temple in Idaho. Idaho is home to over 460,000 members of the Church in around 1,200 congregations. Burley is in the southern part of the state. Early Church pioneers settled in Idaho in 1855. Several Church presidents are natives of Idaho, including Presidents Harold B. Lee, Ezra Taft Benson and Howard W. Hunter. Other temples in the state include the nearby Twin Falls Idaho Temple, Boise Idaho Temple, Idaho Falls Idaho Temple, Meridian Idaho Temple, Pocatello Idaho Temple, and Rexburg Idaho Temple.⁴

Temple Facts

The Burley Idaho Temple will be the seventh temple built in Idaho, following the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple (1945), the Boise Idaho Temple (1984), the Rexburg Idaho Temple (2008), the Twin Falls Idaho Temple (2008), the Meridian Idaho Temple (2017), and the Pocatello Idaho Temple (2021).

Temple Locale

The Burley Idaho Temple is located in Idaho’s Magic Valley, an agricultural region known for its sugar beet and potato fields. Its design motifs draw from the area’s natural surroundings, incorporating botanical and other organic elements. Within the temple, art glass patterns highlight the blossoms and leaves of the potato plant, and a color palette of blue, gold, amber, cream, orange, peach and green echoes the local farmland and open skies.

Temple Design

Exterior

The Burley Idaho Temple is constructed with a steel frame clad in Bianco Sarda granite, fabricated by Kepco+ of Millcreek, Utah. Rising 172 feet from the ground to the top of the spire, it stands as a notable landmark in the Burley area. The property extends over 10.12 acres, enclosed by a black Ameristar Montage Plus Majestic fence.

Interior

Soft gold broadloom carpets are used in general areas of the temple, while creamy white carpet appears in the celestial and sealing rooms. Area rugs, including the brides’ room rug, are crafted from New Zealand wool by Draper Design Studio of Salt Lake City, Utah. The temple’s primary stone is Botticino Classico marble, accented with Jerusalem Gold, Verde Guatemala and yellow-gold stones quarried and processed in Italy.

Decorative light fixtures combine bronze, crystal and faux alabaster elements. Crystal chandeliers and fixtures with antique brass finishes illuminate the brides’ room, celestial room and sealing rooms, creating an atmosphere of sacred elegance. Ciana Lighting of Alpine, Utah, and Fine Art Handcrafted Lighting of Hialeah, Florida, created fixtures that blend traditional elegance with organic inspirations drawn from the region.

Quarter-sawn sapele wood is used throughout the temple’s interior. Western Millwork of Phoenix, Arizona, fabricated and installed the doors, moldings and other wood elements.

Willet Hauser of Winona, Minnesota, designed the art glass in collaboration with Naylor Wentworth Lund Architects. The patterns feature the potato plant blossom, subtly tying local agricultural heritage into the temple’s interior decoration.

The interior doors are sapele with bronze hardware, supplied by Architectural Building Supply of Salt Lake City, Utah. Exterior doors were produced by Steel Encounters of Salt Lake City, Utah. The hardware features a potato blossom design with a rubbed bronze finish.

The temple’s artwork underscores the connection to the Magic Valley’s landscape. Artist Leon Parson is represented by pieces such as “Homage to the Early Burley Saints,” “View of Magic Valley from Mount Harrison” and “Life-Giving Rain on the Magic Valley.” Ken Spencer’s painting “City of Rocks” also appears, celebrating the region’s dramatic terrain and reflecting the beauty of Idaho’s high plains and agricultural vista.