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.

• Overview MapOverview Map KeyDedicationAcknowledgmentsPrefaceRecommended HikesMap LegendIntroductionWest Plains1. Columbia Plateau State Park Trail: Cheney Trailhead to Fish Lake2. James T. Slavin Family Conservation Area Loop3. Medical Lake Loop4. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge: Blackhorse Lake Trail5. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge: Pine Lake–Headquarters Loop6. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge: Pine Lake Loop TrailWest Spokane7. Little Spokane River Natural Area: Indian Painted Rocks and Knothead Valley Loop8. Little Spokane River Natural Area: Indian Painted Rocks Trail9. Palisades Park: Upper Loop10. Palisades Park: Mystic Falls Loop11. Riverside State Park: Bowl and Pitcher Loop12. Riverside State Park: Deep Creek Canyon Loop13. Riverside State Park: Trail 25 to Spokane River Centennial TrailCity Center14. Ben Burr Trail15. Hangman Park Loop16. Holmberg Community Park and Conservation Area Loop17. Spokane River Centennial Trail: West Central to Spokane Falls18. Spokane River Walk via Centennial Trail and King Cole WaySpokane Valley19. Antoine Peak Conservation Area: Tower Road, Antoine’s Summit, and Emerald Necklace20. Beacon Hill Bike Park Loop21. Dishman Hills Conservation Area: Iller Creek Loop22. Dishman Hills Conservation Area: Stevens Creek Trail23. Liberty Lake Loop TrailMount Spokane State Park24. Mount Spokane State Park: Summit Loop25. Mount Spokane State Park: Trail 10026. Mount Spokane State Park: Trail 120–Bear Creek Lodge LoopNorthern Idaho27. Mineral Ridge National Recreation Trail28. Post Falls Community Forest: Q’emlin Park Access29. Post Falls Community Forest: Riverview Drive Access30. Tubbs Hill: Main TrailAppendix A: Outdoor RetailersAppendix B: Map SourcesAppendix C: Hiking ClubsIndexAbout the Author

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.

• Overview MapOverview Map KeyDedicationAcknowledgmentsPrefaceRecommended HikesMap LegendIntroductionWest Plains1. Columbia Plateau State Park Trail: Cheney Trailhead to Fish Lake2. James T. Slavin Family Conservation Area Loop3. Medical Lake Loop4. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge: Blackhorse Lake Trail5. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge: Pine Lake–Headquarters Loop6. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge: Pine Lake Loop TrailWest Spokane7. Little Spokane River Natural Area: Indian Painted Rocks and Knothead Valley Loop8. Little Spokane River Natural Area: Indian Painted Rocks Trail9. Palisades Park: Upper Loop10. Palisades Park: Mystic Falls Loop11. Riverside State Park: Bowl and Pitcher Loop12. Riverside State Park: Deep Creek Canyon Loop13. Riverside State Park: Trail 25 to Spokane River Centennial TrailCity Center14. Ben Burr Trail15. Hangman Park Loop16. Holmberg Community Park and Conservation Area Loop17. Spokane River Centennial Trail: West Central to Spokane Falls18. Spokane River Walk via Centennial Trail and King Cole WaySpokane Valley19. Antoine Peak Conservation Area: Tower Road, Antoine’s Summit, and Emerald Necklace20. Beacon Hill Bike Park Loop21. Dishman Hills Conservation Area: Iller Creek Loop22. Dishman Hills Conservation Area: Stevens Creek Trail23. Liberty Lake Loop TrailMount Spokane State Park24. Mount Spokane State Park: Summit Loop25. Mount Spokane State Park: Trail 10026. Mount Spokane State Park: Trail 120–Bear Creek Lodge LoopNorthern Idaho27. Mineral Ridge National Recreation Trail28. Post Falls Community Forest: Q’emlin Park Access29. Post Falls Community Forest: Riverview Drive Access30. Tubbs Hill: Main TrailAppendix A: Outdoor RetailersAppendix B: Map SourcesAppendix C: Hiking ClubsIndexAbout the Author

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.

• Overview MapOverview Map KeyDedicationAcknowledgmentsPrefaceRecommended HikesMap LegendIntroductionWest Plains1. Columbia Plateau State Park Trail: Cheney Trailhead to Fish Lake2. James T. Slavin Family Conservation Area Loop3. Medical Lake Loop4. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge: Blackhorse Lake Trail5. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge: Pine Lake–Headquarters Loop6. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge: Pine Lake Loop TrailWest Spokane7. Little Spokane River Natural Area: Indian Painted Rocks and Knothead Valley Loop8. Little Spokane River Natural Area: Indian Painted Rocks Trail9. Palisades Park: Upper Loop10. Palisades Park: Mystic Falls Loop11. Riverside State Park: Bowl and Pitcher Loop12. Riverside State Park: Deep Creek Canyon Loop13. Riverside State Park: Trail 25 to Spokane River Centennial TrailCity Center14. Ben Burr Trail15. Hangman Park Loop16. Holmberg Community Park and Conservation Area Loop17. Spokane River Centennial Trail: West Central to Spokane Falls18. Spokane River Walk via Centennial Trail and King Cole WaySpokane Valley19. Antoine Peak Conservation Area: Tower Road, Antoine’s Summit, and Emerald Necklace20. Beacon Hill Bike Park Loop21. Dishman Hills Conservation Area: Iller Creek Loop22. Dishman Hills Conservation Area: Stevens Creek Trail23. Liberty Lake Loop TrailMount Spokane State Park24. Mount Spokane State Park: Summit Loop25. Mount Spokane State Park: Trail 10026. Mount Spokane State Park: Trail 120–Bear Creek Lodge LoopNorthern Idaho27. Mineral Ridge National Recreation Trail28. Post Falls Community Forest: Q’emlin Park Access29. Post Falls Community Forest: Riverview Drive Access30. Tubbs Hill: Main TrailAppendix A: Outdoor RetailersAppendix B: Map SourcesAppendix C: Hiking ClubsIndexAbout the Author