Other Recreation Highlights
Stonerose Interpretive Center and Fossil Site
Search for real fossils of roses and other
plants and animals that lived in what is now
downtown Republic 50 million years ago.
www.stonerosefossil.org
Ferry County Rail Trail
Explore the new 28-mile hiking, biking,
equestrian rail trail from near Republic to
Canada that passes Curlew Lake and the Kettle River along the way.
www.ferrycountyrailtrail.com
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Paddle, swim, fish, and camp along the
130-mile-long, man-made lake near Kettle
Falls. www.nps.gov/laro
Red-naped sapsucker.
© PaulBannick.com
Bobcat.
© PaulBannick.com
Gardner Cave & Crawford State Park
Tour Washington's second longest limestone
cave filled with stalactites, stalagmites, rimstone pools, and flow stone. (open seasonally)
www.porta-us.com/pages/nposb/gardner_cave.asp
Pend Oreille River Water Trail
Paddle the scenic Pend Oreille River north to
Canada and watch wildlife, swim, camp, and
fish along the way.
www.pendoreilleriver.com
Washington State Birding Trail—
Palouse to Pines Loop
Tour some of the best birding spots in northeast Washington with Audubon Washington's
map and iPhone app.
wa.audubon.org/palouse-pines-loop
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Townsend's solitaire.
© Aaron Theisen
Columbia Mountain
© Crystal Gartner
Northeast Washington
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