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HISTORY OF THE TRAIL

The is a 130- Much later, during the Ice Age (and as mile corridor and 3,876-acre day-use recently as 13,000 years ago), some of park located on an abandoned railroad the largest documented floods of water right-of-way in eastern Washington. to ever occur raced across eastern Currently, 23 miles of the trail between Washington, carving out a landscape Lincoln County and Cheney and 15 of basalt buttes, basins and canyons. miles in Franklin County are deveoped A volume of water comparable to some and open for public use. Activities of today’s Great Lakes was unleashed include hiking, bicycling, horseback when an ice dam in northern Idaho riding, in-line skating, nature viewing, burst. Dozens and perhaps hundreds bird watching, cross-country skiing and of flood events eroded the lava surface snowshoeing. into the unique landscape known as The trail area has an amazing geologic the channeled scabland. Trail visitors story to tell. Huge outpourings of will see stark reminders of one of the basaltic lava about 15 million years world’s largest volcanic fields eroded ago buried the eastern Washington by the cataclysmic Ice Age floods. landscape under a sea of lava. TRAILS AND FACILITIES The 3.75-mile trail section from Fish Lake Trailhead Fish Lake Trailhead, milepost 365 Cheney Trailhead, to Cheney Trailhead has an asphalt trail surface Getting there milepost 361.25 and is great for hiking, bicycling and inline skating. Westbound I-90 traffic: Take exit 270 (Four Lakes/ Getting there The remaining 19.25-mile trail section from Cheney Cheney), travel 5.4 miles and turn left on Cheney Westbound I-90 traffic: Spokane Road. Go three miles and take a right Take exit 270 (Four Lakes/ Trailhead to Martin Road Trailhead has a crushed- onto Fish Lake Trailhead. Cheney), travel 6.5 rock trail surface and is useable by horseback Eastbound I-90 traffic: Take exit 257 (Cheney/ miles and turn left riders, mountain bikers and hikers. Both trails are Tyler), turn right and travel 12 miles. Turn right on on Cheney Spangle ADA accessible. Directional signs to trailheads Cheney Spokane Road. Go three miles and turn Road. Go one mile are provided on I-90, state routes and county right onto Fish Lake Trailhead. and turn left onto Cheney Trailhead. roads. The mileposts represent the distance from Parking, a picnic shelter, tables, restrooms and an Eastbound I-90 Portland. Trailhead locations are as follows: informational kiosk; drinking fountain is at milepost 361.5. traffic: Take exit 257(Cheney/Tyler), turn right and travel Distance in miles between trailheads Future trail to Spokane by City of Spokane 10.9 miles. Turn right on LINCOLN Fish Lake Cheney Spangle Road. Amber Martin Ice Cheney 1 ACCESS POINTS Fish Lake Cheney COUNTY Trailhead Go one mile and turn left onto Lake Road Junction Harbor Turnbull National Fish Lake 1. Fish Lake 108.8 123.1 Wildlife Refuge Cheney Cheney Trailhead. Martin Road 2 2. Cheney 3.75 11.75 19.25 105.05 119.35 Trailhead 90 Trailhead Parking (including equestrian units), restroom, picnic 3. Amber Lake 15.5 11.75 7. 5 93.05 107.35 4 SPOKANE shelters, tables and an informational kiosk. COUNTY 4. Martin Road 23.0 19.25 7. 5 85.8 100.1 Amber Lake 5. Snake River Junction 108.8 105.05 93.05 85.8 14.3 Sprague 3 Amber Lake Trailhead 6. Ice Harbor 123.1 119.35 107.35 100.1 14.3 Amber Lake Trailhead, Lamont Trailhead milepost 349.25 Getting there Ritzville 23 Westbound I-90 traffic: Take exit 270 (Four Lakes/ ADAMS Cross State Trail COUNTY Cheney), travel 8.3 miles and turn left on Mullinix Milwaukee RR Overpass Road. Go 9.5 miles and turn right on Pine Springs Columbia Plateau WHITMAN COUNTY Road. Travel 1.4 miles and take left onto Amber Lake State Park Trail Benge Twelvemile Lake Trailhead Benge Trailhead. Eastbound I-90 traffic: Take exit 245 (Sprague/

Cow Creek Trestle Harrington), turn right and travel .6 mile. Turn right Tunnel on Fourth Street and go one block. Turn right onto 218 B street and travel three blocks. Turn right onto First Washtucna 26 Washtucna Trailhead Street (turns into Sprague Highway) and travel 2.6 Trail Admin. Area Hooper Siding Visitor Center Washtucna Trestle miles. Turn right onto Williams Lake Road (Williams Kahlotus Trailhead Park office Tunnel 17 Lake Road turns into Martin road and then turns Kahlotus 261 into Mullinix Road). Go straight and follow signs. Travel 16.5 miles and turn left onto Pine Springs Box Canyon Trestle Wilson Canyon Trestle Road. Travel 1.4 miles and turn left onto Amber Lake Farrington Trailhead Trailhead. Windust Park Tunnel 15 Bouvey Canyon Trestle Tunnel 14 Burr Canyon Trestle Parking (including equestrian units), equestrian FRANKLIN highline, restrooms and an informational kiosk. COUNTY Snake River Junction Trailhead Proposed future development 5 (facilities available) Snake River Martin Road Trailhead, Levy Landing Park Shaded area undeveloped. 6 Trailhead (facilities available) No facilities currently available, milepost 342 Ice Harbor Dam unless noted. Getting there Pasco Trail Connection to Sacajawea State park Westbound I-90 traffic: Take exit 270 (Four Lakes/Cheney), travel 8.3 miles and turn left on Mullinix Road (Mullinix road turns into Martin Road). Go 21.2 miles and turn right onto Martin FOLLOWING THE OLD RAILWAY Road Trailhead. Beginning 16 miles south of Spokane near Fish Eastbound I-90 traffic: Take exit 245 (Sprague/ Lake, hikers, bicyclists and other nonmotorized Harrington), turn right and travel .6 mile. Turn right on Fourth Street and go one block. Turn right trail users may follow the Columbia Plateau Trail onto B Street and travel three blocks. Turn right along the semi-arid channeled scablands of eastern onto First Street (turns into Sprague Highway) Washington to Lincoln County. and travel 2.6 miles. Turn right onto Williams Lake The trail runs through pine forests encompassing Road. Travel 4.8 miles and turn left onto Martin the Turnbull , a habitat Road Trailhead. for wild birds such as the famed trumpeter swan. Interpretive panels about the local environment Parking (including equestrian units), equestrian dot this portion of the trail. Milepost 358, located highline, restrooms and an informational kiosk. within Turnbull, is the high point of the rail line between Portland and Spokane. Snake River Junction Trailhead, The trail then continues west, passing ponds, milepost 256.2 lakes and creeks that provide additional nesting Getting there sites for birds. Observant visitors often see owls, Southbound 395 to 182 to Highway 12: Take badgers and other wildlife. Kahlotus exit and drive northeast on the Pasco/ Kahlotus Highway. Travel approximately 23.5 miles to Snake River Road. Turn right, and drive 4.6 UNDEVELOPED TRAIL miles to Lake Sacajawea and Snake River Junction Trailhead. The right-of-way intersects the eastern extension of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail between Lamont Parking (including equestrian units), restroom, picnic and Benge, a remote portion of the corridor that shelter, table and an informational kiosk. has no facilities for public use. This undeveloped portion of the trail continues Ice Harbor Dam Trailhead, to Washtucna and on to the Snake River Canyon, milepost 241.9 where the canyons become larger and cliffs steeper. Getting there Along the way, there are five tunnels (three of Southbound 395 to 182 to Highway 12: Take which are concrete-lined) ranging from 200 feet Kahlotus exit and drive northeast on the Pasco/ to nearly one-half mile long. Six massive steel Kahlotus Highway. Travel approximately 9.9 miles viaduct trestles, some of which soar overhead to to Ice Harbor Dam Road. Turn right, and drive three more than 200 feet high, are currently gated and miles. Make a left turn just before road onto the block trail users from continuing. The trestles, dam. It is .3 miles to trailhead from this point. which vary from 800 feet to more than one-third mile long, are located along the Snake River Parking (including equestrian units), restroom, informational kiosk and boat launch between Kahlotus and Ice Harbor Dam at East Pasco, as well as Cow Creek near Benge.