Liberty Lake County Park - Mica Peak and IEP Land
Liberty Lake County Park, located at the south end of Liberty Lake, provides nearly 3,000 acres of natural recreation land to local residents and visitors. The park includes the trail to the Cedar Grove and a loop that passes a series of waterfalls. There is camping and picnicing available and a swimming beach on Liberty Lake.
More information and entry fees can be found on the Spokane County Website.
Adjoining the Liberty Lake County Park, covering much of Mica Peak, are hundreds of acres of forest lands belonging to Inland Empire Paper Company (IEP). (IEP manages about 115,000 acres of timberland in northeastern Washington and northern Idaho to produce a continuous supply of high quality saw logs to area sawmills while securing a stable wood fiber supply for the IEP paper mill.)
The IEP land in Washington and Idaho is available for public use through the purchase of permits.
This would also apply to IEP land on Mt. Spokane - visit website for more information.
Individual Annual Permit (January 1 thru December 31)
charge is $40.00 plus tax per person.
Family Annual Permit (January 1 thru December 31)
charge is $65.00 plus tax per family. Includes primary permit holder, spouse and dependent children living at home.
Daily Permit (One day only)
charge is $10.00 plus tax per vehicle. The IEP permits are available, locally, at White’s Outdoors in Spokane Valley and the Hauser Market Smoke Shop in Idaho.
Anyone hiking, horseback riding, or mountain biking (Please stay on trails and remember you are a guest.) in the vast IEP forest lands must have a permit, or they are trespassing. Between the County Park and the IEP forest lands, the public opportunity for adventure in the woods is virtually unlimited in Liberty Lake and the IEP forest.
Please be respectful, take out trash and remember that fires are NOT allowed except in the rings within Liberty Lake County Park. Hunting and motorized vehicles are severely limited, andy user is requireed to ascertain the allowed area uses. There is a pdf file on the IEP website that has all the user information.
The Greenspace Committee
Photos courtesy of E. Cocchiarella
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