Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
North of Interstate 90, The Gorge is approximately 150 miles (240 km) east of Seattle and approximately 130 miles (210 km) west of Spokane. [3] The venue offers views of the Columbia River, Columbia Gorge canyon, and eastern Kittitas and western Grant counties. [citation needed] Originally, the land was planned to be used for growing grapes for ...
As the water emerged from the Columbia River gorge, it backed up again at the 1 mile (1.6 km) wide narrows near Kalama, Washington. Some temporary lakes rose to an elevation of more than 400 ft (120 m), flooding the Willamette Valley to Eugene, Oregon and beyond. Iceberg-rafted glacial erratics and erosion features are evidence of these events.
The Spokane River runs immediately to the north of the historic district as it cuts a deep gorge flowing west from the Spokane Falls just upstream. The river is at approximately 1,740 feet above sea level as it flows through this portion of the gorge, with the surrounding land at the top of the gorge at approximately 1,880 feet above sea level.
SR 14 at its interchange with I-205, built in the 1970s. The first highway that traveled through the Columbia River Gorge was surveyed in 1905 at a cost of $15,000 (equivalent to $508,667 in 2025 [27]) by the state of Washington as a wagon road connecting Washougal in Clark County to Lyle in Klickitat County that was designated as secondary State Road 8. [28]
State Route 291 (SR 291) is a state highway in Eastern Washington in the United States. It travels east–west along the north side of the Spokane River between Spokane and the Long Lake Dam; despite its east–west route, SR 291 is signed as a north–south route.
The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Up to 4,000 feet (1,200 m) deep, the canyon stretches for over eighty miles (130 km) as the river winds westward through the Cascade Range, forming the boundary between the state of Washington to the north and Oregon to the south. [1]
The site of historic Fort Spokane is located at the confluence of the Spokane and Columbia rivers. [ 9 ] The Spokane River's entire drainage basin is about 6,240 square miles (16,200 km 2 ) large, of which 3,840 square miles (9,900 km 2 ) are above Post Falls Dam at the outlet of Coeur d'Alene Lake. [ 10 ]
Map of the Inland Northwest. Counties highlighted in red are always included, while counties highlighted in pink are sometimes included. The Inland Northwest, historically and alternatively known as the Inland Empire, is a region of the American Northwest centered on the Greater Spokane, Washington Area, [1] encompassing all of Eastern Washington and North Idaho.