Best Hikes Spokane by Barstad, Fred -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Acknowledgments Introduction

Geography and Climate Large Wildlife Hazards and Being Prepared Encounters with Bikers and Stock Zero Impact Roads to the Trailheads Land Management

How to Use This Guide

How These Hikes Were Chosen Trail Mileage Difficulty Ratings Maps

Map Legend Trail Finder Region West of Spokane

1. Pine Lakes–Stubblefield Lake Loops 2. 30-Acre Lake 3. Kepple Lake 4. Bluebird Trail 5. Columbia Plateau Trail 6. Deep Creek Loop 7. Bowl and Pitcher Loop 8. Valley, Knothead, Indian Painted Rocks Loop 9. Little Spokane River 10. Centennial Trail Honorable Mention

A. Beacon Hill

Region North of Spokane

11. Entrance Loop 12. Burping Brook Loop 13. Trail 120 14. Bald Knob to Lower Loop Road Trailhead 15. Mount Kit Carson–Day Mountain Loop 16. Mount Kit Carson Summit 17. Quartz Mountain Lookout Honorable Mentions

B. Bald Knob–CCC Cabin C. Trail 140

Region Near Coeur d’Alene

18. Camp Hughes Loop 19. English Point East 20. English Point West 21. Tubbs Hill Loop 22. Tubbs Hill Summit 23. Cougar Bay Nature Conservancy Preserve 24. John Pointner Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary Trail 25. Mineral Ridge Trail System 26. Mount Coeur d’Alene

Region North and East of Coeur d’Alene

27. Lynx Trail 28. Squirrel Cache Trail 29. Bernard Peak / Scout Trail 30. Highpoint Trail 31. Beaver Bay Shoreline Loop 32. Buttonhook Bay Loop 33. Willow Lakeview Loop 34. Chilco Mountain National Recreation Trail 35. Fourth of July Pass Inner Loop 36. Fourth of July Pass Outer Loop Honorable Mention

D. Mullan Military Road

Region South of Coeur d’Alene

37. Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes 38. Whitetail–Shoeffler Butte Loops 39. Indian Cliffs Trail 40. CCC Nature Trail 41. Lakeshore Loop Trail 42. Cedar Loop 43. James E. Dewey–Iron Mountain Loop 44. Fireplace to Mission Mountain Summit 45. Lone Pine Viewpoint Honorable Mention

E. Mullan Military Road

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