Seth Marlin is an award-winning, internationally-published author, activist, educator, and poet. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University and is the author of Shred, a chapbook of slam poetry. He is a former web editor for Willow Springs and is also the author, under pseudonym, of critically-acclaimed Iraq War blog Calm Before the Sand. He has blogged on science and the outdoors for both Bark and Newfound, and his stories and verse have been extensively published, having appeared in Spark, Knockout, Railtown Almanac, RiverLit, The Fiction Desk, Syntax & Salt, and Silk Road Review, among many others. His short story “A Practical Guide to the Resurrected” won the 2016 University of Glasgow Prize for Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities, and his upcoming novella “Vigil” is set to be serialized by speculative fiction magazine The Colored Lens, in the spring of 2020. In his spare time, he is a passionate camper and outdoor enthusiast, and for the last decade he has made his home in Spokane with his wife and children.

Introduction

• Overview Map
• Overview-Map Key
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Hiking Recommendations

HIKES/TRAILS

West Plains

• Medical Lake Loop
• Turnbull Wildlife Refuge: Winslow Pool Loop
• Turnbull Wildlife Refuge: Pine Lake Loop
• Turnbull Wildlife Refuge: Blackhorse Lake Hiking Trail
• Columbia Plateau to Fish Lake
• James T. Slavin Conservation Area: Slavin Nature Park Loop

West Spokane

• Palisades Park: Mystic Falls to 102
• Rimrock Conservation Area: Palisades Park Loop
• Riverside State Park: Bowl and Pitcher Loop
• Riverside State Park: Centennial Trail to Trail 25
• Riverside State Park: Deep Creek Canyon Loop
• Little Spokane Nature Area: Knothead Valley Loop
• Little Spokane Nature Area: Painted Rocks Trail

City Center

• Downtown: Spokane River Walk
• Liberty Park: Ben Burr Trail
• South Hill: Hangman Park Loop
• Centennial Trail to West Central
• Country Homes: Holmberg Park Loop

Spokane Valley

• Dishman Hills Conservation Area: Iller Creek / Tower Mountain Loop
• Dishman Hills Conservation Area: Stevens Creek Trail
• Green Bluff: Antoine Peak Loop
• Liberty Lake Loop
• Minnehaha Par: Beacon Hill Loop

Mt. Spokane State Park

• Mount Spokane: Trail 100
• Mount Spokane: Summit Loop

Northern Idaho

• Coeur d’Alene: Tubbs Hill
• Coeur d’Alene: Mineral Ridge Loop
• Post Falls: Upper Falls Loop
• Post Falls: Old Wagon Loop to Spokane River

III. Appendix

• Appendix A: Suggested Reading and Reference
• Appendix B: Outdoor Retailers
• Appendix C: Hiking and Outdoor Clubs
• Appendix D: Advocacy and Volunteer Groups