Sandpoint, ID

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Sandpoint is a popular city and tourist destination in Northern Idaho on the shore of lake Pend Oreille (Pond-Orr-Ay) in northwestern United States. (although Idaho is generally recognized as a Mountain State, Sandpoint and other far northern Idaho cities are most often categorized as officially being part of the Pacific Northwest. At last census, the population of Sandpoint was 7,365 (est. 2018 was 8,703). The closest city of more than 100,000 people is Spokane, Washington (78 miles away), The time zone is Pacific (UTC-8), and the area code is 208. The official currency is United States dollars, but most stores and restaurants will accept Canadian currency due to Sandpoint's proximity to the Canadian border and the large number of Canadian tourists who visit the region.