Riverside State Park

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Riverside State Park
The Bowl and Pitcher formation.
Location	Spokane County, Washington, USA
Nearest city	Spokane, WA
Coordinates	47°43′59″N 117°31′19″W / 47.73306°N 117.52194°W / 47.73306; -117.52194Coordinates: 47°43′59″N 117°31′19″W / 47.73306°N 117.52194°W / 47.73306; -117.52194
Area	10,000 acres (40 km²)
Governing body	Washington State Park System

Riverside State Park is a park 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Spokane in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. At 10,000 acres (4,000 ha), it is the second-largest state park in Washington. The park includes two campgrounds; one at the Bowl & Pitcher and the other at the Nine Mile Recreation area. Park activities include camping, fishing, swimming, picnicking, boating, canoeing, kayaking, bird watching, wildlife viewing, atv riding, horseback riding, biking, hiking and rock climbing. The different areas of the park are the Bowl & Pitcher, a 600-acre (240 ha) off-road vehicle park, an equestrian area set aside for people with horses, Nine Mile Recreation area, a 1,500-acre (610 ha) Little Spokane River natural area, the Spokane House Interpretive Center and the 37-mile (60 km) long Spokane River Centennial Trail.

Several structures in the park were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s:^[1]

A suspension bridge, kitchen shelter, and restroom at the Bowl & Pitcher
Park residence, office, and maintenance shop at Bowl & Pitcher
Rock walls and much of the roadway of Aubrey White Parkway
A rock restroom on the Centennial Trail near the Carlson Trailhead
Various other trails in the park

Spokane House Interpretive Center

Open on weekends in the summer, the Spokane House Interpretive Center features exhibits about the Spokane Indians, early pioneers, fur trappers, traders, the area's fort and military history, and Spokane House, the fur trading post established nearby.

Images

Riverside State Park Suspension Bridge

References

↑ "CCC at Riverside". Riverside State Park Foundation. Retrieved 2008-12-28.

Mueller, Marge. Washington State Parks: A Complete Guide, The Mountaineers Books, 2004, ISBN 0-89886-893-9.

External links

Riverside State Park, official page from the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
Riverside State Park, from the Riverside State Park Foundation, details of the park and Spokane House Interpretive Center

Protected areas of Washington

Federal

National Parks	Mount Rainier North Cascades Olympic

National Monuments	Hanford Reach (USFWS) Mount St. Helens Volcanic (USFS) San Juan Islands (BLM)

National Historical Parks & Sites	Fort Vancouver NHS Klondike Gold Rush NHP Nez Perce NHP San Juan Island NHP Whitman Mission NHS

National Historical Reserves	Ebey's Landing

National Trails	Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Pacific Crest Trail Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail

NPS National Recreation Areas	Lake Chelan Lake Roosevelt Ross Lake

National Wildlife Refuges	Columbia Conboy Lake Copalis Dungeness Flattery Rocks Franz Lake Grays Harbor Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer Lewis and Clark Little Pend Oreille McNary Nisqually Pierce Protection Island Quillayute Needles Ridgefield Saddle Mountain San Juan Islands Steigerwald Lake Toppenish Turnbull Umatilla Willapa

National Forests	Colville Gifford Pinchot Idaho Panhandle Kaniksu Mount Baker-Snoqualmie Okanogan Olympic Umatilla Wenatchee

USFS National Recreation Areas	Mount Baker

National Wilderness	Alpine Lakes Boulder River Brothers Buckhorn Clearwater Colonel Bob Glacier Peak Glacier View Goat Rocks Henry M. Jackson Indian Heaven Juniper Dunes Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Ridge Mount Adams Mount Baker Mount Rainier Mount Skokomish Noisy-Diobsud Norse Peak Olympic Pasayten Salmo-Priest San Juan Stephen Mather Tatoosh Trapper Creek Washington Islands Wenaha–Tucannon Wild Sky William O. Douglas Wonder Mountain

National Marine Sanctuary & Estuarine Research Reserve	Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Klickitat Skagit White Salmon

State

State Parks	Alta Lake Anderson Lake Battle Ground Lake Bay View Beacon Rock Belfair Birch Bay Blake Island Blind Island Bogachiel Bottle Beach Bridgeport Bridle Trails Brooks Memorial Cama Beach Camano Island Camp Wooten Environmental Learning Center Cape Disappointment Centennial Trail Clark Island Columbia Hills Columbia Plateau Trail Conconully Crawford Curlew Lake Cutts Island Damon Point Daroga Dash Point Deception Pass Dosewallips Doug's Beach Eagle Island Fay Bainbridge Federation Forest Fields Spring Flaming Geyser Fort Casey Fort Columbia Fort Ebey Fort Flagler Fort Okanogan Fort Simcoe Fort Townsend Fort Worden Ginkgo Petrified Forest Goldendale Observatory Grayland Beach Griffin Bay Griffiths-Priday Harstine Island Hope Island (Mason County) Hope Island (Skagit County) Ike Kinswa Illahee Iron Horse James Island Jarrell Cove Joemma Beach Jones Island Joseph Whidbey Kanaskat-Palmer Kinney Point Kitsap Memorial Kopachuck Lake Chelan Lake Easton Lake Sammamish Lake Sylvia Lake Wenatchee Larrabee Leadbetter Point Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clark Trail Lime Kiln Point Lincoln Rock Manchester Maryhill Matia Island McMicken Island Millersylvania Moran Mount Pilchuck Mount Spokane Mystery Bay Nine Mile Recreation Area Nolte Ocean City Olallie Olmstead Place Osoyoos Lake Pacific Beach Pacific Pines Palouse Falls Paradise Point Patos Island Peace Arch Pearrygin Lake Penrose Point Peshastin Pinnacles Pleasant Harbor Posey Island Potholes Potlatch Rainbow Falls Rasar Reed Island Riverside Rockport Sacajawea Saint Edward Saltwater Scenic Beach Schafer Seaquest Sequim Bay Shine Tidelands Skagit Island Skull Island South Whidbey Spencer Spit Squak Mountain Squilchuck Steamboat Rock Steptoe Battlefield Steptoe Butte Stretch Point Stuart Island Sucia Island Sun Lakes Tolmie Triton Cove Turn Island Twanoh Twenty-Five Mile Creek Twin Harbors Upright Channel Wallace Falls Wanapum Recreational Area Wenatchee Confluence Westport Light Yakima Sportsman

State Forests	Ahtanum Capitol Elbe Hills Green Mountain Loomis Loup Loup Tahoma Tahuya Tiger Mountain Yacolt Burn

Natural Area Preserves	Admiralty Inlet Badger Gulch Bald Hill Barker Mountain Bone River Camas Meadows Carlisle Bog Castle Rock Charley Creek Chehalis River Surge Plain Chopaka Mountain Clearwater Bogs Cleveland Shrub Steppe Columbia Falls Columbia Hills Cypress Highlands Dabob Bay Dailey Prairie Davis Canyon Entiat Slopes Goose Island Gunpowder Island Hamma Hamma Balds Ink Blot Kahlotus Ridgetop Kennedy Creek Kings Lake Bog Kitsap Forest Lacamas Prairie Natural Area Little Pend Oreille River Marcellus Shrub Steppe Methow Rapids Mima Mounds Monte Cristo Niawiakum River North Bay Oak Patch Olivine Bridge Pinecroft Point Doughty Riverside Breaks Rocky Prairie Sand Island Schumacher Creek Selah Cliffs Skagit Bald Eagle Skookum Inlet Snoqualmie Bog Spring Creek Canyon Trout Lake The Two-Steppe Upper Dry Gulch Washougal Oaks Natural Area Whitcomb Flats Willapa Divide

Natural Resources Conservation Areas	Cattle Point Clearwater Corridor Cypress Island Devils Lake Dishman Hills Elk River Ellsworth Creek Granite Lakes Hat Island Hendrickson Canyon Klickitat Canyon Lake Louise Loomis Lummi Island Merrill Lake Middle Fork Snoqualmie Morning Star Mount Si Rattlesnake Mountain Scenic Area Shipwreck Point South Nemah South Nolan Stavis Table Mountain Tahoma Forest Teal Slough Washougal Oaks Natural Area West Tiger Mountain White Salmon Oak Woodard Bay

Other

Former state parks	Fort Ward Park Lyons Ferry Park Mukilteo Lighthouse Park Wenberg County Park

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