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Mount Spokane State Park is a public recreation area in the northwest United States, [2] located in the Selkirk Mountains, 23 miles (37 km) northeast of the city of Spokane, Washington. The state park surrounds 5,883-foot (1,793 m) Mount Spokane and other peaks including Mount Kit Carson , [ 3 ] Beauty Mountain, [ 4 ] and Quartz Mountain.
Its summit is the highest point in Spokane County, [2] and it is one of the tallest peaks in the Inland Northwest. Mount Spokane is surrounded by Mount Spokane State Park, Washington's largest at 13,919 acres (56.3 km 2). One of the well-known features is a bald spot on the corner of the west and south parts of the mountain.
Mount Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park is a ski resort in the western United States, located inside Mount Spokane State Park in Spokane County, Washington, about 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Spokane via State Route 206. The base elevation is at 3,818 feet (1,164 m) with the peak at 5,889 feet (1,795 m), yielding a vertical drop of 2,071 feet ...
Michael Wright, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. December 19, 2023 at 11:33 PM Washington State Parks has purchased the Bear Creek Lodge property on the edge of the state park's border along ...
May 21—The largest state park in Washington happens to be in Spokane's backyard, and in the next few decades, it could see significant changes. To determine what those changes could be ...
State Route 206 (SR 206, named the Mount Spokane Park Drive) is a 15.30-mile-long (24.62 km) state highway serving Mount Spokane State Park in the U.S. state of Washington. Beginning at U.S. Route 2 (US 2) north of Mead , the highway travels east through unincorporated Spokane County and northeast into the Selkirk Mountains , ending at the ...
The Spokane area saw one-half to three-quarters of an inch of rain from 2 p.m. Monday to 5 p.m. Tuesday. Wednesday saw nearly two-thirds of an inch in total, according to the National Weather Service.
The first two parks were formed from donated land in 1915, and by 1929 the state had seven parks. In 1947 the State Parks Committee was renamed to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and given authority to oversee the state park system. By 1960 the number of state parks had increased to 130.