DOG-FRIENDLY PARKS IN SPOKANE, WA

Spokane Falls thunders through downtown, dropping 140 feet where the Spokane River carved through basalt formations. This city of 229,000 sits at roughly 1,900 feet elevation in the Columbia Plateau of eastern Washington. Continental climate creates cold, snowy winters averaging around 28°F and warm, dry summers reaching the mid-80s. The surrounding landscape consists of pine forests and rolling hills, dramatically different from western Washington's terrain. Spokane serves as the economic and cultural hub of the Inland Northwest region, positioned between the Cascade and Rocky mountain ranges.