Spokane River Centennial State Park Trail – state parks quest #75
Forty miles long, the Spokane River Centennial Trail stretches from pine forests through urban landscapes all the way to the Idaho border.
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Washington state parks
Kanaskat-Palmer State Park – state parks quest #72
The Green River forms much of Kanaskat-Palmer’s border, offering a wild ride for those experienced enough to run its rapids.
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Spokane Plains Battlefield State Park Heritage Site – state parks quest #69
Spokane Plains Battlefield marks the land where Whites avenged a humiliating defeat, essentially ending Native resistance to settlement in the 1850s.
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Ranald MacDonald’s Grave State Park Heritage Site – state parks quest #66
The smallest state park is the burial place of one of the state’s most interesting historical figures, Ranald MacDonald.
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Pearrygin Lake State Park – state parks quest #64
Pearrygin Lake is named for a 19th-century squatter, but the area’s human history goes back millennia.