Dogs are welcome across the forests. Keep them leashed in developed recreation areas like campgrounds, picnic areas, and trailheads, and under voice or physical control on general forest trails and in the Salmo-Priest Wilderness.
Designated swim beaches at lakes such as Priest Lake and Lake Pend Oreille are usually closed to pets.
A 6-foot leash is required in developed recreation areas like campgrounds, picnic areas, and trailheads. On the general forest and most trails there is no leash law, but your dog must be under control at all times.
Service animals are allowed where pets are not, under the ADA. A leash is still required.
The Idaho Panhandle National Forests cover more than two million acres across northern Idaho and into Montana and Washington, taking in Priest Lake, Lake Pend Oreille, and the Coeur d'Alene and St. Joe River country. The rugged Salmo-Priest Wilderness sits in the far northern tip. Dogs are welcome across the forests. Keep them leashed in developed recreation areas like campgrounds, picnic areas, and trailheads, and under voice or physical control on general forest trails and in the Salmo-Priest Wilderness.
A 6-foot leash is required in developed recreation areas like campgrounds, picnic areas, and trailheads. On the general forest and most trails there is no leash law, but your dog must be under control at all times.
Designated swim beaches at lakes such as Priest Lake and Lake Pend Oreille are usually closed to pets.
Service animals are allowed where pets are not, under the ADA. A leash is still required.