[harrymalamute]

this is one of my favorite local hikes close to town with many variations and at 4-5 miles packs some neat stuff. take 7 mile road towards the orv area. just before the orv turn off,turn north onto state park dr (easy to miss) its a short distance to the parking area for deep creek canyon over look. at the lot go to the south end and pick up the unmarked trail down hill to a dry creek bed

deep creek over look parking lot on state park dr. off of 7 mile rd, across the road from the orv turn off

king and the malamobile

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dry creek bed

on the other side of the creek bed head up hill

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soon there is a fork,you can take either but i take the right fork and follow till you reach

horse parking at 7 mile rd & pine bluff rd

the horse parking lot at 7mile road and pine bluff rd. go up pine bluff rd across the bridge

pine bluff rd

then another short ways up hill look to your right for trail 25

trail 25 off pine bluff rd

now the hiking gets better.

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at the junction of tr 400 turn on this over a large down tree and past more rock formations

lava rock formation,pine bluff

and down hill to connect with the centennial trail and the spokane river

centennial trail

spokane river

turn right,up stream a short ways to the confluence of deep creek and the spokane river where you'll find a bridge and a nice picnic area

bridge at the confluence of deep creek and the spokane river

picnic spot at deep creek and the spokane river

spokane river

harry & king, aka buckwheat

follow the centennial trail past the bridge for another 1/2 mile to the intersection for deep creek canyon overlook to your right. from hear it's about 1 1/2 miles back to the parking lot with a short stop at the over look

deep creek canyon over look

deep creek canyon over look

making a loop of 4.6 miles

i didn't do that !

and of course my hiking partner king aka buckwheat likes to be a back seat driver on the way home

king,back seat driving in the malamobile

[MadCapLaughs]

Cool. Never thought I'd see that hike on here. That is a good one; so close, too. My favorite part of that area is the narrow canyon that Deep Creek flows through. Never been there this early in the season, so maybe Deep Creek is actually flowing above ground at this point, making the canyon inaccessible. Every time I've been there, though, the creek is below the surface and you can walk the whole canyon from the parking lot down to the river. Very cool. At some places, the canyon must be no more than 40 feet wide. Lots of crazy rock formations that climbers frequent.