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2008 Visitor's Guide

Top 10 Dream Towns

 

Cool Things to do within 100 miles of Sandpoint

Rivers & lakes, Bald Eagle watching, Silverwood Theme Park, Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort...

 


After living twenty years in two other ‘so-called’ dream towns , New Orleans and Orlando, we found Sandpoint, Idaho five years ago. Arriving on the shores of Lake Pend Oreille, the west’s second largest freshwater lake, we discovered the little town we had chosen to live in stood under the slopes of a very active ski resort: Schweitzer Mountain. At that time, the cascade of national articles on both Sandpoint and Schweitzer was just a trickle of fluff pieces in smaller and regional publications. What followed was truly astonishing. First, Sunset magazine named Sandpoint the Best Small Town in the West, followed by National Geographic Adventure placing Sandpoint in its Top 10 Adventure Towns. Not long after Outside Magazine put Sandpoint on its list of America’s Top Dream Towns. Since then, there have been many more, from USA Today to the New York Times. Most recently, AskMen.com also placed both Sandpoint and Schweitzer on its Top US Resort Towns, and this year, Schweitzer Ski Resort finally broke into Ski Magazine’s Top 25 Ski Resorts, being voted in spring as the Pacific Northwest’s Favorite Ski Destination by OnTheSnow.com.

With the kind of positive press that Sandpoint, Schweitzer, and Lake Pend Oreille have been receiving recently, you might have expected a great influx of people moving to the area, and relatively speaking, growing from roughly 6,000 to 8,000 inhabitants is, percentage-wise, a pretty big increase in eight years. But let’s be honest, he town still has fewer than 10,000 people; a small number by most standards. One of the things that made North Idaho so appealing was the relative low cost of owning homes...

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Is out local economy faltering?

Sandpoint & North Idaho's economy has been hit by high gas prices,  lumber mills closing, loss of jobs in construction, and declining home sales. Yet, the numbers show we are aren't doing so bad. Read this and judge for yourself...
 

Sandpoint Real Estate

Even with a market slowdown, all indicators show Sandpoint is in a normal market...


 

Sandpoint & the North Idaho Business Environment

Is it a good time to start a business or buy a home in North Idaho?
 

Waterfalls in the Inland Northwest

North Idaho around the Sandpoint area is known for its natural beauty. Check out these 44 falls.

Fall Recreation Guide Think summer is what Sandpoint & North Idaho is all about, or snow skiing in the winter? Think again...

Calendar of Events for Autumn

Sandpoint, Idaho, weather forecast


Sandpoint Wine Tastings - in Vino Veritas

Besides having four wineries within a day's drive, Sandpoint has seven wine bars, and just the scenery to take in the bouquet...

Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort

One of Skiing Magazine's Top 25 Ski Resorts!

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Sandpoint, Idaho
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