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Welcome to Sandpoint, Idaho.
Sandpoint is a city in Bonner County, Idaho, United States. The population was 6,835 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Bonner County.
Looking Over Schweitzer Mountain. Photo by Sandpoint Marketing, May 2005
Sandpoint was officially incorporated in 1901. Timber harvesting drove the economy for nearly a century after as lumberjacks moved in from the overharvested Great Lakes region. The economy was given a boost during World War II from Faragut Naval Station, a training center for the US Navy located at the southern end of Lake Pend Oreille.
The opening of Schweitzer Mountain Resort in 1963 turned the area into a tourism destination based on its natural beauty. Snow skiing in Sandpoint revolves about Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort atop 6,400-foot Schweitzer Mountain. With several hundred inches of snowfall each winter season Schweitzer draws snow skiing enthusiasts to its slopes throughout the Northwest.
In and around Sandpoint there are numerous places to get away from it all for a nice equestrian adventure. If you have your own horses you can find any number of trails to ride on. There are numerous trails in the Trestle Creek, Gold Creek, Trout Creek and Rapid Lightening Creek drainages.
Sandpoint bicycle riders have a lot of options thanks to the efforts of community groups like North Idaho Bikeways. In 1998, the non-profit group opened the Carlson-McConnaughey Sagle Community Trail, which connects the Long Bridge path to a new path leading to Sagle Road. Since then, they have opened other bike paths to safely connect communities.
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Local daily news in Sandpoint:
Leaving Sandpoint
Here I am at the Seattle airport. After ten days in Sandpoint, Idaho, it is a mighty big shock.
Art of the state
Betty Benson probably never will forget the huge ham sandwich she prepared for a picnic last year.
Priest River's Future Celebrates its Past
The town of Priest River will be holding its Timber Days festival at the end of this week, continuing a ritual that has gone on in some form as long as anyone can remember.
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Places of interest:
Ponderay, ID (2.4 miles), Dover, ID (3.2 miles), Kootenai, ID (3.8 miles), Priest River, ID (24.9 miles), Athol, ID (25.0 miles), Clark Fork, ID (27.6 miles), Spirit Lake, ID (30.0 miles), Bonners Ferry, ID (33.2 miles).
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