Spokane, with roughly 200,000 people in the city & over 550,000 in the surrounding area, is the largest city between Seattle & Minneapolis. It is the primary media & commerical center for the inland NW. The gateway to the Northern Rocky Mountains, the city itself is located along the falls of the Spokane River in a forested bowl where the desert of the Columbian Basin & foothills of the Rocky Mtns meet.
Downtown:
Riverfront Park, site of the 1974 World's Fair, is the park in the middle. The falls are visable adjacent to it. River Park Square, a major downtown shopping center is to the right of the park. A network of skybridges links the mall with other shopping centers, department stores, city hall, the library, etc. Major restoration is occuring in downtown. Steam Plant Square & the renovation of the historic 4 star Davenport Hotel are two examples. The river below the falls is being fitted to become a whitewater park similar to Reno (but with a better quality whitewater river). The bare land on the left, lower side of the pic along the river is slated to be developed into a wonderful project (condos, shops, a rip off of Seattle's Pike Place Market!).
Looking South:
Looking West. Gonzaga University in lower right.
Looking North from South Hill:
Looking NE:
View of the Spokane Bowl from Spokane Interntional Airport on the city's western outskirts. Mt. Spokane in the distance; to its right is the Purcell Trench (a flat valley), home to Coeur d'Alene, ID.
Looking E. down the hill into downtown. Riverside State Park begins where river exits picture on left.
Looking SE:
View of Spokane Bowl, Spokane River, Riverside State Park, etc, from NW outskirts of city. (wheatfields of the Palouse region in the distance)
From the N. Northtown Mall is in the heart of Spokane's north side.
From Spokane Valley looking W. into downtown:
From the industrial section of Spokane Valley looking SW into downtown Spokane:
Liberty Lake / Spokane Valley (desert of the Columbia Basin visable off in distance):
Liberty Lake
Post Falls, ID looking E. to Hayden & the northside of Coeur d'Alene:
Post Falls, ID looking W. to Spokane:
Coeur d'Alene, ID:
Looking N. from Coeur d'Alene to Hayden & other places N. (mountains & hills around Sandpoint in distance):
Cheney, WA, home to Eastern Washington University.
Downtown:
Riverfront Park, site of the 1974 World's Fair, is the park in the middle. The falls are visable adjacent to it. River Park Square, a major downtown shopping center is to the right of the park. A network of skybridges links the mall with other shopping centers, department stores, city hall, the library, etc. Major restoration is occuring in downtown. Steam Plant Square & the renovation of the historic 4 star Davenport Hotel are two examples. The river below the falls is being fitted to become a whitewater park similar to Reno (but with a better quality whitewater river). The bare land on the left, lower side of the pic along the river is slated to be developed into a wonderful project (condos, shops, a rip off of Seattle's Pike Place Market!).
Looking South:
Looking West. Gonzaga University in lower right.
Looking North from South Hill:
Looking NE:
View of the Spokane Bowl from Spokane Interntional Airport on the city's western outskirts. Mt. Spokane in the distance; to its right is the Purcell Trench (a flat valley), home to Coeur d'Alene, ID.
Looking E. down the hill into downtown. Riverside State Park begins where river exits picture on left.
Looking SE:
View of Spokane Bowl, Spokane River, Riverside State Park, etc, from NW outskirts of city. (wheatfields of the Palouse region in the distance)
From the N. Northtown Mall is in the heart of Spokane's north side.
From Spokane Valley looking W. into downtown:
From the industrial section of Spokane Valley looking SW into downtown Spokane:
Liberty Lake / Spokane Valley (desert of the Columbia Basin visable off in distance):
Liberty Lake
Post Falls, ID looking E. to Hayden & the northside of Coeur d'Alene:
Post Falls, ID looking W. to Spokane:
Coeur d'Alene, ID:
Looking N. from Coeur d'Alene to Hayden & other places N. (mountains & hills around Sandpoint in distance):
Cheney, WA, home to Eastern Washington University.