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Cheney - Spangle Road / Pine City Road
Nope. Definitely not the express route. That US 195 express route is over to the east a few miles and zooms across the rolling prairie at high speeds in the most unimaginative way possible to treat the fantastic landscape of the Palouse. If you’re out for a cruise, try this road out instead.
One of the interesting things along this road is the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge. (Courtesy: USFWS)
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge is located on the eastern edge of the Columbia Basin, in Spokane county in northeastern Washington. The Refuge is situated within the “Channeled Scablands”, an area formed by glacial floods at the end of the last ice age. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1937 to provide productive breeding and nesting grounds for migratory birds and other wildlife.
Down at the south end of the road is the small town of St. John where this links up with Washington State Route 23. There’s not much for a services there, but if you’re hungry there were a couple small eateries when I went through last.
- Road Name: Cheney-Spangle Road / Pine City Road
- Counties: Spokane, Whitman
- Length: 33
- Towns: Cheney, Malden, St. John
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September 13th, 2008 at 10:18 am
I come over from Seattle to ride the Cheney - Spangle, Mullinex, and Cheney / Plaze Rock-Lake roads whenever I can. Long straights, easy curves and decent pavement make for some very nice riding. For me, it’s one of the few places (aside from a track) where I can really twist the throttle without fear of the gumballs lighting up. St. John / Oaksdale are cool little towns. As stated, limited services but you can gas an go. Watch out on 23 though as I saw both a Whittman county Sherrif and an unmarked silver cruiser that already popped a car.
September 17th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Update: I just did a nice loop that others might enjoy. Started out in Cheney, S. Cheney Spangle Rd to S Wells Road to Pine City / Malden Rd to St. John., then onto 23 and over through Steptoe to 195 South. 195 South to 95 South, right onto the Old Spiral Highway, down to 128 West all along the Wawawai River Road, back up to 195, North on 195 to Colfax, West on 26 until the Endicott road, Endicott E road to Endicott / St. John Rd, North on the Endicott / St. John road, back up through Pine City / Malden, back through South Wells and then to Cheney. Saw 2 big bucks dead on the road…most likely from a wheat truck. I was off the road by 5pm and didn’t see a single deer (thankfully) all day. Full day of riding, tons of room to stretch out and let it rip.