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Downtown Spokane Visitor Information
Center, 20l W. Main, Spokane, WA 9920l;
Phone: (888)-SPOKANE. Spokane Regional
Convention and Visitors Bureau, 80l West
Riverside Avenue Suite 30l, Spokane, WA
9920l; Website: www.visitspokane.com.

The hardest part about planning a visit to the
Spokane Region is deciding what to see and do
first, with all the shopping, dining, arts, indoor and
outdoor recreation you could wish for, Spokane is a
Northwest wonderland complete with natural beauty
and fantastic weather. Request a visitor packet and
plan to stop by one of the Visitor Information Centers
when you arrive.
Washington Coast Spokane, known as the Lilac City, is the hub of
photo by: a large area known as the Inland Northwest. It is a
Thomas Shahan
trade center for the 3-state region and also a gateway
to outdoor opportunities located in this scenic area.
setting almost entirely surrounded by water and Sunnyside Spokane is so well located that a visitor can be
recognized as the longest driving beach on earth. Location: Centrally located on I-82, Sunnyside horseback riding at a dude ranch, jet boating in Hells
From surf and sand to lush green forests, fresh water is about a three-hour drive (180 miles) from Canyon or water-skiing or fishing on Lake Roosevelt
and deep sea fishing, the Peninsula offers a variety of Portland, Seattle or Spokane; 35 miles to in less than two hours. There are 76 lakes within a 50-
sports activities and amusements. mile radius, over l,635 miles of maintained biking and
Yakima and 45 miles to Tri-Cities. Population: hiking trails, five ski resorts and numerous forests,
14,000 with a market area population of state parks and resorts.
CENTRAL WASHINGTON 75,000. It was the river that first drew people to Spokane
hundreds of years ago and it’s the river that continues
Othello EASTERN WASHINGTON to be the heart and the soul of the state’s second largest
Location: 25 miles south of I-90 at the city. The Spokane River snakes through downtown,
intersection of State Hwys 17 and 26; 180 Spokane rumbles over one of the largest urban waterfalls in
miles east of Seattle and 110 miles southwest the United States and is the focal point of l00-acre
of Spokane. Population: 7600. Visitor Location: Near the Washington/Idaho border Riverfront Park. It’s a four-season river that thunders
Information: Greater Othello Chamber; on Interstate 90; 33 miles from Coeur in the spring with icy snow melt, turns placid and cool
Phone: (509) 488-2683; Website: www. d’Alene, Idaho; 289 miles from Seattle. in the summer, meanders under brilliantly colored
othellochamber.org. Population: 212,000. Visitor Information: leaves in fall and runs cold and steady in winter.

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