OFF-LEASH DOG BEACH. Located on railroad and Idaho Transportation Department right-of-way as well as private land, Sandpoint Dog Beach is a day-use, no-fee public beach where dogs (and people) can swim. Despite being sandwiched between U.S. Highway 95 and the railroad trestle, the area offers a number of amenities: dock, picnic table, benches, small sandy beach. The area is not fenced. Dogs are allowed off-leash on this public beach. The Sagle-to-Sandpoint Community Trail passes by the beach: to the north downtown Sandpoint is just a short distance; to the south the paved trail parallels the vehicular, two-mile span of the Long Bridge crossing Lake Pend Oreille. No dogs allowed on the Sandpoint city beach. Directions: gravel parking area on the north end of the Long Bridge in Sandpoint provides access to the paved community trail. Follow the trail several hundred yards south to the beach.
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