Mount Spokane levation ��previously known as Mount Baldy until 1912 due to its pronounced bald spot—is a mountain in the northwest

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, located northeast of

Spokane Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Ca ...

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. Its summit is the highest point in

Spokane County Spokane County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 539,339, making it the fourth-most populous county in Washington. The largest city and county seat is Spokane, the second largest cit ...

, and it is one of the tallest peaks in the

Inland Northwest The Inland Northwest, historically and alternatively known as the Inland Empire, is a region of the American Northwest centered on the Greater Spokane, Washington Area, encompassing all of Eastern Washington and North Idaho. Under broader def ...

. Mount Spokane is surrounded by

Mount Spokane State Park Mount Spokane State Park is a public recreation area in the northwest United States,located in the Selkirk Mountains, northeast of the city of Spokane, Washington. The state park surrounds Mount Spokane and other peaks including Mount Kit C ...

, Washington's largest One of the well-known features is a bald spot on the corner of the west and south parts of the mountain. Mount Kit Carson—the second highest peak in Spokane County—is located only to the east, and with a topographic prominence of only could be considered a satellite peak of Mount Spokane. A non-profit organization operates the

Mount Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park Mount Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park is a ski resort in the western United States, located inside Mount Spokane State Park in Spokane County, Washington, about northeast of Spokane via State Route 206. The base elevation is at with the peak at ...

, located on the southwest portion of the mountain.

Climate

Gallery

Mt. Spokane.jpg, View of the summit in 2016 Mt Spokane peak closeup 20070106.jpg, View from the southwest in 2007 Northwest Mountains Mount Spokane Summer No. 5.tif, View from the southwest in the 1920s

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* * Spokane, Mount Parks in Spokane County, Washington State parks of Washington (state) Mountains of Spokane County, Washington {{SpokaneCountyWA-geo-stub