Family Fun in Kootenai County, Idaho

Beauty Bay Recreation Area on Lake Coeur d’Alene is a scenic day-use destination along Highway 97 with lake views, hiking, photography, and wildlife watching. Amenities & Features 🌊 Lake Coeur d’Alene views 🥾 Hiking access 📷 Photography 🦅 Wildlife viewing 🧺 Day-use stop Good to Know This is a non-fee day-use area and overnight camping is not allowed. The parking Read more...

Beauty Creek Campground is close to Lake Coeur d’Alene and offers family camping with lake access nearby for fishing, boating, hiking, and scenic outdoor time. Amenities & Features 🏕️ Family campsites 🎣 Fishing 🚤 Boating nearby 🥾 Hiking 💧 Potable water Good to Know The campground is generally open from late May through mid-September. Reservations are available and camping fees Read more...

Bell Bay Campground on Lake Coeur d’Alene is a small lakeside campground with fishing, swimming, power boating, canoeing, and a one-mile shoreline hiking trail. Amenities & Features 🏕️ Lakeside camping 🏊 Swimming 🎣 Fishing 🚤 Power boating and canoeing 🥾 Bell Bay Trail Good to Know The campground is seasonal and small, so reservations are helpful during peak summer periods. Read more...

Big Park is Spirit Lake’s larger community recreation park with playgrounds, a baseball field, picnic areas, a skate park, and pickleball. Amenities & Features 🛝 Playgrounds ⚾ Baseball field 🧺 Picnic areas 🛹 Skate park 🥒 Pickleball court Good to Know The park is along Park Avenue near Highway 41 between Washington and Adams streets and is used for major Read more...

Bird Aviation Museum & Invention Center in Hayden combines historic aircraft with exhibits celebrating inventions and innovators. Families can see airplanes from different eras while learning how aviation, medical technology, and creative problem-solving have changed everyday life. Amenities & Features ✈️ Historic aircraft collection 💡 Invention and innovation exhibits 🫁 Medical technology displays 🎓 Educational museum experience 🎟️ Free admission Read more...

Blackwell Island Recreation Site in Coeur d’Alene provides easy family access to the Spokane River and Lake Coeur d’Alene along with a short interpretive boardwalk, wetlands, wildlife viewing, picnicking, a native plant garden, and boating access. Amenities & Features 🚶 1/4-mile interpretive boardwalk 🦆 Wetland and wildlife viewing 🌿 Native plant garden 🧺 Picnic areas and reservable pavilion 🚤 Four Read more...