Sherman Pass-Crystal Falls Road Trip

Curlew Lake State Park is a 123-acre camping park. It borders an air field, is eight miles from a public fossil dig and is also near an active osprey nest that can be viewed from the park. Curlew is one of the most relaxing campgrounds in the state, offering water-and snow-sport activity as well as natural-history and archeological study in the midst of gorgeous surroundings.

With its deep blue skies, scenic mountains, and friendly folks, Republic provides travelers with an attractive and convenient starting point to discover Ferry County.

At the White Mountain/Sherman Overlook, you can walk along an easy quarter-mile paved trail and read interpretative signs detailing the devastating fires of 1929 and 1988. This is a great rest stop to stretch your legs while getting a little natural history lesson.

Camp Growden, known as "Little America" because it housed CCC enrollees from around the country, was built on Sherman Pass a few miles west of Kettle Falls. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCCs) changed the face of the Colville National Forest during the 1930s. CCC workers built roads, trails, camps, and buildings, many of which are still in use today.

The Log Flume Heritage Site where remnants of the old log flume still stand and a trail leads down to Sherman Creek. The Sherman Creek Campground sits nearby. The site provides a snapshot of logging history with several interpretive displays along a minle-long,winding, wheelchair-accessible trails.

The Kettle Falls Historical Center interprets the Kettle Falls fishery, which has been described as one of the most important historical sites in the Western United States. The center also intreprets other historical sites, including the historic St. Pauls Mission, Fort Colville and the expeditions into this region by legendary trapper and explorer David Thompson.

The Keller House is a spacious, modified bungalow-style house and an excellent example of the English Craftsman movement. The house and furnishings cost $12,000, $5,000 for the home plus $7,000 for the furnishings. The house features over a dozen pieces of Gustov Stickley furniture that was purchased for  the  house when it was new.

The refuge is the only mountainous, mixed-conifer forest refuge in the National Wildlife Refuge system. Take the auto tour route through the refuge for great viewing opportunities of more than 200 nesting and foraging migratory bird species, 58 mammal species and 14 reptile and amphibian species on over 40,000 acres.

Discover Crystal Falls located on the Little Pend Oreille River in north east Washington. The 40-foot waterfall and nearby foot bridge can be found just outside of Colville, Washington in a forested area off Hwy 20.