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Lower Wolf Accessible Trail #305
Directions:
From Spokane, take US-2 north to Newport. In Newport, take Warren
Avenue north 1 mile. The trailhead and parking area is on the
west side of the road.
 Features:
The accessible section of this trail system is graveled and suitable
for wheelchairs.
Pass through a mixed conifer forest, rich in wildflowers and wildlife
on this accessible trais. Trail users will also be able to rest
at the scenic viewpoints which overlook Ashenfelter Bay on the
Pend Oreille River. Bring along a picnic lunch and enjoy it along
the trail on one of the rustic cedar benches.
Browns Lake Trail #320
Directions:
From Newport follow Hwy. 20 North 15 miles. Turn East at Usk and
cross the bridge over the Pend Oreille River. Continue on Kings
Lake Rd 4 miles to a “Y”. Take a left of Forest road
5030. Continue ofr another 4 miles to Browns Lake Campground.
The main trailhead isin a parking area near the boat launch. The
wheelchair accessible portion of the trail is accessed 1 mile
from the campground on Road 5030.
Features:
An accessible .25 mile (one way) interpretive trail leads from
a parking lot to a viewing platform over a beaver pond. If you
are lucky to be there when the cuthroat trout are spawning during
April and May, you can see them leaping up the fish ladder and
thrashing about the spawning beds in a stream feeding into the
lake.
For those that can take the entire trail, it begins at the parking
lot of the Browns Lake Campground and winds along the lakeshore
to a stand of 350 year-old western red cedar. Further on is the
interpretive platform.
Other:
Accessible restrooms, partially accessible camping. Water and
Fishing access is not ADA accessible. Browns Lake and Browns Creek
are only open to fly-fishing. The season starts after June 1st.
The lake is closed to motorized boats. The lake is hidden in a
dark and steep valley system. The main trail is sometimes rocky
and steep except when approached from the wheelchair access at
the east end of the Lake.
Pioneer Park Heritage Trail #321
Directions:
From Spokane, take US-2 north to Newport. From Newport, go NE
on US 2. Cross Pend O'Reille River and turn left (NW) onto LeClerc
County Rd 9305. Continue on this road for 2 miles until you come
upon signs for the Pioneer Park Campground. The trailhead is located
in the campground.
 Features:
Moderately challenging .25 mi wheelchair-accessible trail on the
Pond Oreille River with opportunities to view osprey and Golden
and Bald Eagles. This is an archeological interpretive trail that
has 12 displays about the Kalispel Tribe. The 12 interpretive
displays consist of written text, picture and drawings, an elevated
boardwalk overlooking the inside of a camas oven where the Kalispells
once cooked camas root.. You will also have access to many beautiful
views of the Pend Oreille River from various points along the
trail.
The trail makes a loop on some low ridges above the river, and
the boardwalk section offers terrific views.
Mill Pond Historic Site
Directions:
From Metaline Falls, go E on FS 9345 for about 5 mi to site.
Features:
.6 mi accessible interpretive trail, historic buildings and wood
flume. After leaving the parking area, the trail immediately crosses
a bridge over the outlet of the mill pond with spectacular views
of the deep river gorge from the bridge. The trail then follows
the lakeshore for a short distance before beginning the loop.
Go clockwise around the loop for the best views. Interpretive
signs explain the history of the area. You can see the old flume,
flume keeper's cabin and other outbuildings. This makes a colorful
Fall trip, but the views of the countryside are excellent throughout
the summer.
 Other:
Accessible restrooms and picnic table. Non-motorized boats allowed
on lake (boat launch at nearby Mill Pond Campground). Besides
fishing at Mill Pond, there is good fishing at nearby Sullivan
Lake for ling cod and record size rainbow and brown trout. Wildlife
viewing areas are near here for Big Horn Sheep and Mountain
Goats.
W Sullivan Campground
Directions:
From Metaline Falls, go E on FS 9345 for about 6 mi to campground.
Features:
Group picnic site/shelter, opportunity to view variety of wildlife,
grass airstrip for fly-in camping.
Other:
Accessible restrooms and picnic table. Partially accessible trails,
camping, and fishing. Bank fishing, swimming. Steep access to
water.
Big Meadow Lake Trail #125
Directions:
From Colville, follow State Route 20 east to the junction with
SR 31 at Tiger. Continue north on SR 31 to Ione. Turn west on
Houghton Street and drive 0.4 mile to Greenhouse Road. Turn left
on Greenhouse and drive 0.1 mile. Turn right on Smackout Pass
Road. Go 2.5 miles to County Road 2695 and turn left. After 5.3
miles, enter the Big Meadow Recreation Area. Park in the first
parking area after crossing the outlet of the lake.
Features:
The first 0.8 miles of this 1.5 mile trail are barrier-free. The
trail has an overlook to Big Meadow lake in a high, dry, ponderosa
pine valley. (The tower is inaccessible.) Start the loop past
wetland to a wildlife viewing area. (Moose frequently seen.) Trail
activities include wildlife viewing, fishing, and Meadow Magic
interactive environmental education program for individuals or
groups. Meadow Magic packs can be checked out at Three Rivers
or Sullivan Lake Ranger Stations. Meadow Creek Trail links to
a nonaccessible 0.8 mile side trail to a replica of a homestead
cabin, and to the nonaccessible Lake Shore Trail #120, a scenic
easy 1.5 loop around Big Meadow Lake. Wildflowers and lots of
viewing of migratory birds in the spring.
With the exception of the paved accessible portion of the Big
Meadow Lake Trail, the surface of these trails is either loose
gravel, grass or native soil. The trails are maintained by an
annual spring logout about mid May. More extensive maintenance
is done as funds and work force is available. Because of this
and weather conditions, the trail systems are usually best used
in the summer months of June, July and August. This area is at
3400ft elevation so it could get snow as early as October and
still have pockets of snow on the trail until May.
The accessible portion of the Big Meadow Lake Trail starts at
the crushed gravel (fairly hard surface) parking lot located at
the boat launch. The trail winds a 1/2 loop past the overview
tower area and back to the entry road.
Other:
New toilets were installed in the area in 2002 that meet all ADA
requirements. Further along the campground road there is a fishing
pier on the lake. The pier has an accessible ramp. The docks railings
are high and may present some problems for wheelchair users fishing
from this pier. If you fish this lake by boat, stick to the west
end by the Public dock (right off the road to the campground).
The boat ramp is near but you will have to paddle a ways to get
out of the weeds. Reportably the small, but fiesty trout are catchable
from shore or boat on bobber and worm, power bait, pink marshmallow,
rooster tail and flatfish lures. Assistance may be needed for
loading and unloading into boat. There is a replica cabin in the
area that can be used at no charge plus camping is free.
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