This cache is part of the 2018 Spokane Trains And Railroads GeoChallenge. If you are participating in this GeoChallenge be sure to download and print your STAR Passport and find other helpful resources at STAR Challenge and get started today.
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This cache is placed and maintained by Trevor and Kate.
This trail, constructed along an abandoned railroad line, was part of the old Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad Company. This passenger line transported people within Spokane as well recreational areas like Liberty, Hayden, and Coeur d’Alene lakes.
Streetcar lines appeared in Spokane from about 1890 to the late 1920s. Interurban lines were popular to get people from one place to another within the city, but soon rail lines were built to take Spokane residents to places outside the city. J. P. Graves and other businessmen in Spokane built the Spokane-Coeur d’Alene interurban line that went from Coeur d’Alene to the growing wheat towns in the Palouse through Spokane.
The trail is named for Ben Burr because of his work with the Great Northern Railway for forty-eight years. There is a park at 43rd and Havanna also named for him as well as a Ben Burr Boulevard that crosses Freya between 14th and 15th Avenues.
The Ben Burr Trail runs between Underhill and Liberty Parks and is one mile long.
Parking and Trail Access
Park at Liberty Park, near E. 3rd Avenue and Liberty Park Place. You can also park near the swimming pool at Liberty, at Pittsburg Street and E. 5th Avenue. Parking is available on the southeast end of the trail at Underhill Park (the end of Fiske St. near E. 8th Ave.).
This cache is part of the 2018 Spokane Trains And Railroads GeoChallenge. Spokane has a strong history as a major train hub, and in many ways still is. The STAR Challenge will take geocachers on an adventure, finding caches in places significant to railroads past and present. You will visit locations featuring retired train cars, streetcar rails, bridges, graves and rail yards. Successful completion of the STAR Challenge is rewarded with a trackable Geocoin.
- All caches begin with the series name STAR: followed by a location-specific name so they are easy to search. We also made a STAR Bookmark of the caches.
- To qualify for a Geocoin, find the code word or stamp in each geocache and record it on your passport.
- Visit STAR Challenge and get started today.
to find the challenge rules, a printable STAR Passport and map view of qualifying caches.
The Spokane Trains And Railroads GeoChallenge is sponsored by Cache Advance, and by donation from local cachers. We hope you enjoy!
