Five-Star Trails: Spokane

Seth Marlin is an award-winning, internationally-published author, activist, educator, and poet. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University and is the author of Shred, a chapbook of slam poetry. He is a former web editor for Willow Springs and is also the author, under pseudonym, of critically-acclaimed Iraq War blog Calm Before the Sand. He has blogged on science and the outdoors for both Bark and Newfound, and his stories and verse have been extensively published, having appeared in Spark, Knockout, Railtown Almanac, RiverLit, The Fiction Desk, Syntax & Salt, and Silk Road Review, among many others. His short story “A Practical Guide to the Resurrected” won the 2016 University of Glasgow Prize for Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities, and his upcoming novella “Vigil” is set to be serialized by speculative fiction magazine The Colored Lens, in the spring of 2020. In his spare time, he is a passionate camper and outdoor enthusiast, and for the last decade he has made his home in Spokane with his wife and children.

Overview Map
Overview Map Key
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface
Recommended Hikes
Map Legend
Introduction

West Plains
1. Columbia Plateau State Park Trail: Cheney Trailhead to Fish Lake
2. James T. Slavin Family Conservation Area Loop
3. Medical Lake Loop
4. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge: Blackhorse Lake Trail
5. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge: Pine Lake–Headquarters Loop
6. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge: Pine Lake Loop Trail

West Spokane
7. Little Spokane River Natural Area: Indian Painted Rocks and Knothead Valley Loop
8. Little Spokane River Natural Area: Indian Painted Rocks Trail
9. Palisades Park: Upper Loop
10. Palisades Park: Mystic Falls Loop
11. Riverside State Park: Bowl and Pitcher Loop
12. Riverside State Park: Deep Creek Canyon Loop
13. Riverside State Park: Trail 25 to Spokane River Centennial Trail

City Center
14. Ben Burr Trail
15. Hangman Park Loop
16. Holmberg Community Park and Conservation Area Loop
17. Spokane River Centennial Trail: West Central to Spokane Falls
18. Spokane River Walk via Centennial Trail and King Cole Way

Spokane Valley
19. Antoine Peak Conservation Area: Tower Road, Antoine’s Summit, and Emerald Necklace
20. Beacon Hill Bike Park Loop
21. Dishman Hills Conservation Area: Iller Creek Loop
22. Dishman Hills Conservation Area: Stevens Creek Trail
23. Liberty Lake Loop Trail

Mount Spokane State Park
24. Mount Spokane State Park: Summit Loop
25. Mount Spokane State Park: Trail 100
26. Mount Spokane State Park: Trail 120–Bear Creek Lodge Loop

Northern Idaho
27. Mineral Ridge National Recreation Trail
28. Post Falls Community Forest: Q’emlin Park Access
29. Post Falls Community Forest: Riverview Drive Access
30. Tubbs Hill: Main Trail

Appendix A: Outdoor Retailers
Appendix B: Map Sources
Appendix C: Hiking Clubs
Index
About the Author