The Urban Outdoors
The Best Spokane City Park You’ve Never Heard of: Drumheller Springs
Drumheller Springs Natural Park is a 12-acre Spokane Tribal historical site tucked within Spokane's urban landscape.
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Getting Cardio When the Air Quality is Bad
Those midsummer blood-red sunsets in Spokane carry bittersweet beauty — they’re usually a sign of high levels of fine smoke or dust particles. During those ...
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Regional Clubs Offer Midweek Options for Easy In-town Running
The Inland Northwest is a region of runners, evidenced by its many running clubs. There’s something for everyone: Elite women have the Spokane Swifts, elite ...
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Art Gone Wild
When was the last time a landscape spoke to you? Were you marveling at the fields of balsamroot in Riverside State Park? Holding your breath ...
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Letter What? Letterboxing Provides New Way to Experience Familiar Spaces
Adventure. New places. Family fun. Creativity. If any of that sounds enticing, it might be a great time to start letterboxing. No, this isn’t what ...
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The Mystery of the Council Circle
Did the floods roil over it? Or did a forklift just plop it in place? Has it always been there? Or, as one Spokane West ...
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The Cooper’s Hawks of Comstock Park
By the time you read this, the family of Cooper’s Hawks at Comstock Park have been basking in warmer climes for some time. “Snowbirds” like ...
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No Space, No Problem: Starting an Urban Garden
The urban agriculture and urban farming movements have taken off. Some use vacant lots to start community gardens for personal use or food bank donations, ...
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People’s Park: An Oasis of Nature Near Downtown Spokane
For thousands of years people have enjoyed the little peninsula upstream from the confluence of Latah Creek and the Spokane River. The name “People’s Park” ...
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