SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — Hikers will soon be able to travel from the Dishman Hills Natural Area to the Glenrose Trailhead on one continuous path. Volunteers are now completing the final 500 feet of the Keystone Trail.
“Days spent on the trail are not deducted from your lifetime, so I plan to live until 100,” said Lynn Smith of the Spokane Mountaineers and Dishman Hills Conservancy.
The Dishman Hills Conservancy spent decades acquiring the land. Connecting these trails was always their goal.
“I wanted to see it preserved. Spokane is growing so fast that if there’s undeveloped land, it’s either going to be conserved, or it’s going to be developed,” said Art Zack, board member of the Dishman Hills Conservancy.
The Conservancy notes it’s rare to have 3,400 acres of natural land so close to a city like Spokane. When this piece of land became available, they quickly bought it.
“There is abundant research that’s been done that all tells you the same thing, natural areas are good for human health,” Zack added.
The trail will help protect wildlife while giving people access to nature. Some sections are steeper than others.
“This is steeper. But still, you get families up here to take a look at the community they live in. Because a lot of this will be neighborhood trail for people for sure. But yeah, just get the kidlets out,” Smith said.
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