Category Overview
State Parks grants help preserve and develop our state’s best outdoor recreation areas by funding new campgrounds and amenities to increase the capacity of our parks, creating new parks, improving park resources, and protecting historical areas. These grants help our state continue to develop our world-class parks system to share our cultural heritage and natural treasures with all of its visitors.
Project Highlights
Washington State Parks will use this grant to improve the Palouse to Cascades Trail (PTCT) between the Town of Malden, WA and the historic site known as Kenova. This 5-mile section of trail includes 3 trestles, which burned in the tragic Babb Road Fire in 2020. Work will include restoring and fireproofing the trestles, upgrading the trail surface, reinstating drainage, and developing a new trailhead and access point at Kenova. This proposal connects directly to a new trailhead in Malden. When completed there will be approximately 14 miles of contiguous trail through this dramatic eastern Washington landscape. The PTCT is part of the Great American Rail Trail across the U.S, which includes more than 285 miles across Washington. The primary recreational opportunities provided by this project are non-motorized trail uses, including opportunities for bicycling, walking, bird watching, and horseback riding.