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Welcome to Silver Sands Beach ...

Silver Sands Beach is located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Silver Sands Beach is located in Kootenai County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Silver Sands Beach: Silver Sands Bch.

Silver Sands Beach is 2,310 feet [704 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Silver Sands Beach is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Silver Sands Beach lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Silver Sands Beach, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Silver Sands Beach: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Silver Sands Beach ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Silver Sands Beach.

  • Coeur d'Alene
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Post Falls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Hayden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hayden is located in Kootenai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,713 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayden <4>
  • Rathdrum
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Liberty Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Spirit Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Dalton Gardens
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Athol
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hauser
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hayden Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Silver Sands Beach. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Silver Sands Beach.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Silver Sands Beach. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silver Sands Beach.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Silver Sands Beach. See our Newspapers Page for Silver Sands Beach.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Silver Sands Beach ...

Looking for more information about Silver Sands Beach? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Silver Sands Beach, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Silver Sands Beach.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Kootenai, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Silver Sands Beach - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Silver Sands Beach area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Silver Sands Beach area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.