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The beauty of Gem Lake attracts many people from all around. This lake is so wonderful. There's so much to do here at Gem Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Porcupine Lake Campground is a good place for that. You simply should have a thing about the Cabinet Mountains. A nice close by hotel is Days Inn Sandpoint, and why not take a little visit to Gem Creek if you're here. High temperatures at Gem Lake all through the days of summer are in the 80's
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This lake is located in the wonderful Cabinet Mountains. This lake is so wonderful. You'll need more than a day to look at everything Gem Lake has to offer, you can camp at East Fork Public Campground; Yaak River has a delightful whitewater paddling spot nearby. Since you might be in a lake | |
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visiting mood you can always go to close by Lake Estelle, and if you need a place to stay Best Western Kootenai River Inn & Casino is a glorious choice.
Not far from Gem Lake, you'll find Lake Darling which is a beautiful lake,
and you can go for a hike on the North Fork Trail. If you go for the outdoors, you'll have a thing about Gem Lake. In case you don’t have a problem getting soaked, you can always go whitewater paddling on Kootenai, and there's delightful
hiking along the East Fork Boulder Creek Trail. These mountains rock, just look at all the cool stuff to do in the Cabinet Mountains. Don't leave Gem Lake without first going for a hike along the Shertz Trail, and Moose Mountain is
picturesque and can be spotted from here.
Gem Lake is pretty dried up generally; through the month of November you get the most rain around here; the driest month of the year is July.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 48.37806
Longitude: -116.1358
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Kootenai, Kootenai CountyCounty, 13 miles away
Class II - 14 miles long (Leonia to pipeline Close to Bonners Ferry) |
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Yaak River, Lincoln CountyCounty, 18 miles away
Class IV-V - 6.5 miles long (Yaak Falls to Kootenai River) |
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Pack River, Bonner/ Boundary CountyCounty, 18 miles away
Class II - 7 miles long (Tavern to Route 95) |
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| MORE STUFF NEARBY:
Lake Estelle
 | Hike was great! Beautiful day...tons of insect; mostly mosquitoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... |
Huckleberry Tent and Breakfast
 | 10 miles away
An old-fashioned bed and breakfast located 30 miles east of Sandpoint near Clark Fork, Idaho. Stay in a comfortably furnished canvas wall tent. Queen-sized bed, wood floors, wood stove, camp kitchen, outdoor shower, campfire, s'mores! Just bring your hiking boots and a suitcase. Very private--only 3 tent sites on 42 acres of wilderness. Remote and rustic with no electricity, phone, internet, video games or other modern distractions. Close to public land and hiking trails. Come visit us and reconnect with life, land and spirit.
PHONE: 208 266 0155 ... |
Spar Lake
| 14 miles away
beautiful lake i hooked 1, 20 inch rainbow fishing from shore.everyone in boats said the fishing was bad.im going to go back and try in the spring... |
Twin Rivers Canyon Resort
| 16 miles away
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Tent Sites, RV Hookups, Pets OK, Fires OK, Store, Nearby Grocery...
- 50 RV hookups, GROCERY:15 minutes into the town of Bonners Ferry, POOL:2 acre lake for swimming...
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Full view of the park...
Visit the beautiful Idaho Panhandle of the Northwest, and stay at Twin Rivers Canyon Resort, a 40 acre RV park and campground with spectacular views, offering a world of outdoor pleasure, situated in a forested meadow at the confluence of the Moyie and Kootenai Rivers. This peaceful park features a boat launch, children's playgrounds, volleyball courts, miniature golf, a basketball court, horseshoe pits, a sports lawn, ball field, day park and picnic area, private RV and tent sites, picnic tables, fire rings, full-hook ups, clean restrooms, showers, a laundry room, dump station, mini store, and more. Twin Rivers is located nine miles northeast of Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Bonners Ferry is a charming small town with a thriving downtown, situated in a mountainous region packed with natural beauty.... |
Blue Lake RV Park
| 19 miles away
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...and some RV hookup supplies. Here are a couple of great hikes to add to the site:
Snowcreek Falls, Naples, Idaho. Directions: Go north from Sandpoint on Highway 95 to Naples. Turn left on the old highway 95 and go about 5 miles, passing the Deep Creek Inn. You will cross a railroad crossing, keep following the road until you see a brown Forest Service sign on the right hand side of the road. Turn left off of the old highway 95 and follow the road until it turns to dirt and forms a Y intersection. Take forest service road 402, on the left going up the hill for about 2 miles. There is no definite parking lot, just a pull out near the trail head. (I attached a picture of it). It's beautiful and about a mile hike to the lower and upper falls. Myrtle Creek/Bottleneck Lake and Snow Lake: Hefty views of the Selkirk Crest. Quite a scramble to get to the top for the views, but well worth it. Follow the Snow Creek Road (FS-402) west for about 7 miles to a point just past FS-661, the Cooks Pass Road that runs north to Myrtle Creek. Come to a gate .05 miles. The trails follows an old road s... |
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