Fairchild AFB · Washington · LCNHT return region
Fairchild Air Force Base
The Spokane River, L&C's return route, 1806.
Blackfoot River · Lewis & Clark Pass region · MT
Sample 360° capture
Clearwater to Dunnigan Gulch, Blackfoot River MT.
A live example of what the Fairchild Air Force Base corridor would look like after capture, drawn from existing Terrain360 work in the region.
Corridor narrative
Why this corridor.
Fairchild AFB sits west of Spokane on the Spokane River system, territory the Corps of Discovery passed through on the 1806 return journey. The integrated cluster of Riverside State Park, the 40-mile Centennial State Park Trail, and Lake Spokane forms an unusually clean river + trail + access bundle within 15 miles of the installation.
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area (Columbia River) and the Columbia Plateau Trail State Park extend the corridor outward; Lake Roosevelt's Spokane Arm alone offers 50 mappable shoreline miles under NPS management. Mount Spokane State Park adds a large hiking/Nordic trail network, and Fishtrap Recreation Area brings BLM trails into the inventory.
Fairchild's REPI buffer designation, which produced the Prickly Pear Land Trust partnership in nearby Montana, provides an established model for translating recreation-corridor capture into conservation outcomes.
Lewis & Clark connection
L&C passed through the region on the return journey. Near-corridor assets on the Spokane River and Lake Roosevelt (Columbia).
L&C passed through the region on the return journey of 1806. Near-corridor assets on the Spokane River and Lake Roosevelt (the Columbia behind Grand Coulee).
Riverside State Park and the Spokane River Centennial Trail offer an integrated river + trail + access cluster close to the base.
Final deliverables
What the partnership receives.
Hosted 360° portal
Web-based interactive map showing pan-and-explore imagery of both riverbanks and every mapped trail. Mobile + desktop. Embeddable in any partner site.
Geo-referenced imagery dataset
Equirectangular panoramas + GPS tracks delivered to the installation INRMP team and the NPS Trail Office for reuse in REPI reporting, ESA Section 7, and outreach.
Printable corridor maps
Asset index keyed to the imagery - suitable for visitor information, grant deliverable documentation, and partner co-branding.
L&C interpretive layer (optional)
Waypoint overlay tying the corridor to journal entries and historic sites - Tower Rock, Gates of the Mountains, the Falls portage, the Pacific arrival.
Asset inventory
Every asset, costed.
Each row is a discrete 360-mapping unit. Rivers are priced per mile of both-bank boat capture; trails per mile; access sites as fixed 360 nodes.
| Recreation asset | Type | Miles | LCNHT | Access | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spokane River Water Trail ~15 mi | River | 40 | Near | Public | $60,000 |
| Lake Roosevelt NRA (Columbia) — Spokane Arm ~60–70 mi | River | 50 | Near | Public (NPS) | $75,000 |
| Lake Spokane (Riverside SP) shoreline ~25 mi | River | 12 | Near | Public | $18,000 |
| Spokane River Centennial State Park Trail ~15 mi | Trail | 40 | Near | Public | $34,000 |
| Riverside State Park trails (Bowl & Pitcher) ~15 mi | Trail | 13 | Near | Public | $11,050 |
| Columbia Plateau Trail State Park ~25 mi | Trail | 40 | Near | Public | $34,000 |
| Fishtrap Recreation Area (BLM) trails ~25 mi | Trail | 8 | None | Public | $6,800 |
| Mount Spokane State Park trails ~45 mi | Trail | 50 | None | Public | $42,500 |
| Nine Mile Falls Recreation Area (boat launch) ~20 mi | Access | - | Near | Public | $1,500 |
| Fort Spokane / Porcupine Bay launches (Lake Roosevelt) ~60 mi | Access | - | Near | Public | $1,500 |
Corridor map (accent)
Satellite view of the corridor footprint, with rivers, trails, and access sites color-coded. Real corridor traces will land in v2; pins here are placeholder anchors at the installation.
Related Terrain360 work
