Palisades Park
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Directions: From downtown Spokane, take Riverside Avenue west to Government Way. Turn right on Government Way, then take the second left onto Greenwood Road. Follow Greenwood about a mile to the intersection with Basalt Road. That is the southern tip of Palisades Park.
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Submitted by: The Rezniceks
This 464-acre park is considered both conservation land and a city park and includes views of the city and Mount Spokane, basalt rock outcrops, natural vegetation, and a wildlife area.
Today the Palisades Neighborhood keeps a close watch over this land. Check out their website. They keep the trails clear, sell maps, and ask that hikers and horseback riders alike leave no trace.
Source: Palisades neighborhood, Spokane Historical
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Vic and Robbi Castleberry are among the guardian angels of Spokane's Palisades Park natural area near Indian Canyon Golf Course. Robbi passed away in June 2013. (Spokesman-Review file)
Directions to the next stop: Little Spokane River
13.0 mi away
Head northwest on N Rimrock Dr toward N Houston Rd
Continue straight onto W Houston Rd
Turn right onto N Houston Rd
Take the 1st right onto W Government Way
Continue onto S Lindeke St
S Lindeke St turns left and becomes W 16th Ave
Turn left onto US-195 N
Keep right at the fork, follow signs for I-90 E/Spokane and merge onto I-90 E
Take exit 285 toward Sprague Ave
Merge onto Appleway Blvd
Turn right onto S Sargent Rd