RV travel guide
Bonner County
County seat Sandpoint, 1,738 sq mi across Idaho. Everything an RV traveler should read before rolling in — where you can boondock, the roads worth the detour, and the local rule that actually matters.
The county in brief
A traveler's read on Bonner County
Lake Pend Oreille at 1,150 ft depth is the fifth-deepest natural lake in the United States and was used by the US Navy from 1942 to 1949 as the second-largest inland submarine training base in WWII — sonar testing on the lake bottom continues today at the Acoustic Research Detachment.
Bonner County wraps Lake Pend Oreille, the Selkirk Mountains rising to 7,572 ft Chimney Rock, and the Idaho panhandle's only segment of the International Selkirk Loop (the only NSB designated scenic byway that crosses an international border). Sandpoint (population 9,025) at the lake's north tip is the only full-service grocery + diesel between Coeur d'Alene and the Canadian border on US-95.
RV travel intelligence
Read the land before you roll in
The three things that shape an RV trip here — where you can boondock, the roads worth the detour, and the local rule that trips travelers up.
Dispersed camping
high
High — most public land permits dispersed
Scenic drives & state byways
International Selkirk Loop · US-2 Bonners Ferry to Sandpoint
Ordinance note for RV travelers
Idaho Panhandle NF permits 14-day dispersed at signed sites; Sandpoint city prohibits overnight RV street parking in downtown core.
Sourced & cited
Every fact traces to an official source
Population and land area from the US Census; ordinances and park adjacency from county.gov, the National Park Service, and the US Forest Service.
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Idaho rules · last verified 2026-05-10
- Rental tax
- 7.00%
- Min driver age
- 21+ std · 25+ Class A
- Gravel roads
- Allowed — disclosure required
- Generator quiet
- 22:00-07:00
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