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About Priest River, ID

Priest River is a small Idaho Panhandle town of 1,778 people located where US Highway 2 crosses the Priest and Pend Oreille rivers. It's about 70 miles northeast of Spokane via I-90 and US 2, or 40 miles north of Coeur d'Alene on US 95 and US 2. The town serves as a waypoint for travelers heading to Glacier National Park or crossing between Washington and Montana. French fur traders named it after a Kalispel chief they called "The Priest."

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Priest River, ID is in United States, at 48.178, -116.884 - about 10 km east of Oldtown, ID.

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The closest airport to Priest River, ID is Spokane International Airport, 102 km (about 1 h 33 min by car).

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