Bonner County, ID Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

Section 5-202(C) of the Bonner County Revised Code sets the closing rule for Bonner Park West, the parcel described in Ordinance 414, effective September 1, 2001. The park is closed from sunset to sunrise. The code ties the hours to the sun, not to a clock time, so the closing moment moves through the year. During the closure no person or persons shall be allowed in the park, and no vehicular traffic is allowed.

There is one carve-out, and it is narrow. Vehicular traffic is permitted when it is specifically for the purpose and intent of active boat launching or removal. The exception covers vehicles moving boats, not people who want to stay, walk the beach or sit in the lot after dark.

Other rules in the same section back up the closing hours. Section 5-202(B) bans overnight camping anywhere in the park, section 5-202(D) bars boats and water vehicles from being docked or parked overnight at the beach or launch area, and trailered boats may be parked overnight in the parking lot. Those overnight allowances do not open the park to people, since the closure still applies.

The Board of County Commissioners adopted the rule, and enforcement runs through the penalty clause in section 5-210. The Garfield Bay Recreation Area chapter does not print a sunset closing time; it uses a QUIET TIME definition between 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. for campers instead. Sandpoint and other cities in the county set their own park hours.