I am constantly awe inspired by the intense natural beauty of Idaho, the water rich lands and the amazing feeling of privacy and safety. As a real estate agent that covers 3 counties in Idaho I pretty much live in my car. I posted a blog yesterday about the Idaho Zip codes and areas that I cover and I had a few people comment about their suprise at the low populations in the area. Sandy Padula and Norm Padula, JD, GRI wanted to know how many square miles it was that I cover.
I guess that is a pretty fair question since travelling through the Idaho panhandle may easily have you in Montana, Washington and Canada all in a single day.
A good portion of this natural beauty is set aside for everyone to enjoy. You can easily get away from it all from a day on the lake seeing very few boats to hiking to a water fall with no souls in sight.
Here is a map of Boundary County US forest service land.
On this map the bright green is USFS the yellow is commercial timber the purple is state land and the little bit remaining is privately owned.
Boundary County Population 9,871
1,278 square miles 9 people per square mile.
• Land 1,269 sq mi
• Water 9.3 sq mi
Of the 1,278 square miles that make up Boundary County, almost 1,000 of those square miles are government owned. The remaining 300 square miles or so are privately owned
US forest service land: 61.0%
State owned land: 13.2%
City/County owned land: 0.2%
Privately owned land: 25.6%
Boundary County one of the last bastions of freedom. The terrain passes from densly packed forests to open farm land . If hunting, fishing, 4 wheeling, horseback riding are your passion it is time to visit the vast beauty of Boundary County.
Here is a map of Bonner County US forest service land.
Bonner County 1920 square miles in the northern panhandle of Idaho in a land of magnificient lakes, rivers, mountains forest and artistic communities. With Sandpoint at its center is only 45 miles across. Bonner County is a true sportsman paradise with Lake Pend Oreille as the third deepest lake in the US. The vast majority of land is reserved as USFS for us to hike, hunt, fish, boat, and relax on. Old growth forests of Pristine Priest lakd and the home of Schweitzer Ski Resort for year round recreation. The low crime rate, friendly people and natural 4 season beauty, low cost of living and that private hometown feel makes Bonner county a favorite place to retire.
49 lakes in Bonner County Idaho
Bonner County Population 36,835
1,920 square miles with 21 people per square mile.
• Land 1,735 sq mi
• Water 185 sq mi 9.6% of the entire county are lakes, creeks, ponds, rivers
Bonner County consists of 1.2 million acres, which are employed as follows:
Forested Land: 1 million acres
US Forest Service: 500,000 acres
State Owned: 150,000 acres
Privately Owned: 440,000 acres
Water: 110,000 acres
Here is a map of Kootenai County US forest service land.
Kootenai county 1316 square miles from flat prairie border with Washington state across the north shore of Lake Coeur d’Alene to the dense pine forests on Fourth of July Pass. In the late 1800s, prospectors discovered gold, silver, lead and zinc and for much of the next century, mining undergirded the regional economy. In the 1970s, the “Silver Valley,” on a fork of the Coeur d’Alene River, produced half the nation’s silver and ranked among the 10 most productive mining districts in the world.
Kootenai County population is 138,494 making it the third-most populous county in Idaho.
1,316 square miles with 87 people per square mile.
• Land 1,244 sq mi
• Water 71 sq mi
USFS 243441 acres 30%
State 43,768 5.5%
BLM and county land 14762 1.3
Private 494,957 acres 62.1%
Community Vision Statement
“We cherish our way of life and our small
town feel. Our sense of community is strong
because we share a commitment to each other
and to this beautiful place.”
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