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Idaho beaches

15 beaches, with the parking, the walk to the water and the tide for each one.

Where are you starting from?
What matters today?
Shortest walk

Park almost on the sand

Coeur d'Alene · the listing sits on the shoreline
Cape Cod · the listing sits on the shoreline
Cape Cod · 40 ft to the water
Cape Cod · 100 ft to the water
Spokane · 130 ft to the water
Cape Cod · 160 ft to the water
Cape Cod · 180 ft to the water
Free parking

Beaches where visitors report free parking

Spokane · free parking · mentioned by 3 visitors · 2018–2026
Coeur d'Alene · free parking · mentioned by 2 visitors · 2017–2026
With little kids

Calm water and bathrooms nearby

Cape Cod · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 5 visitors · 2017–2026
Lowman · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 2 visitors · 2016–2024
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All beaches

Every beach

All 15 beaches, by how many people rate them

BeachTownWalk to waterParkingFeeRestrooms
Boulder BeachSpokane130 ft40 ftfreeyes
Tubbs Hill BeachCoeur d'Aleneon the sandfree
Sandy Point Beach525 yd250 ftpaidyes
Orval Hansen Point BeachLowman220 ft20 ftyes
Rainbow Beach350 ft
North Beach160 ft300 ydyes
West Shores (Day Use Beach)Priest Lake0.5 miles
Shorts Bar Beach100 ftyes
Como Swimming Beach180 ft30 ftyes
City Beach240 ft225 ydyes
North Idaho Beach250 yd220 ft
Bozeman Beach40 ft
Preston Beachon the sand
Sylvan Beach320 ft
City Beach280 ft80 ftyes

Walk and parking distances are measured on OpenStreetMap. Fee and restrooms come from counted visitor reviews and mapped facilities. A dash means we have no evidence either way, not that the answer is no.

Questions

Common questions

Which Idaho beach has the shortest walk from the car?
Tubbs Hill Beach in Coeur d'Alene has the listing right on the shoreline. We measure the straight line from the listed location to the mapped waterline for every beach, so the table above ranks them all.
Do you have to pay to park at Idaho beaches?
Mostly yes. Of the 15 beaches here, 1 have visitors reporting a parking or entry fee and 2 report free parking. Reported fees run from $20 to $35 a day in season, and several beaches drop the fee after 5pm or outside the summer.
Which beaches have restrooms?
8 of the 15 beaches have restrooms mapped on site or reported by visitors. Seasonal closures are common: several National Seashore beaches close their facilities outside the summer.
How current is this?
Tide, waves, wind and water temperature are fetched live in your browser from NOAA and Open-Meteo. Parking and facility positions come from OpenStreetMap; imagery from USGS NAIP. Facts counted from visitor reviews carry the year range they were written in.
How we know

Where this comes from

Place details from the public Google business listing. Beach shape, parking and facility positions from OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Aerial imagery is public-domain USGS NAIP. Tide comes from NOAA, and weather and water from Open-Meteo. Map drawings are redrawn from that aerial imagery by an image model. Markers, distances and every fact on this page come from OpenStreetMap and counted reviews, never from a drawing. Review text is never republished.