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![Downtown Spokane](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/SpokaneCentralLibrary.jpg/1920px-SpokaneCentralLibrary.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

Central business district of Spokane in Washington, United States

# Dow­n­t­own Spokane

Downtown Spokane or Riverside is the central business district of Spokane, Washington.

[Plan a trip to Downtown Spokane](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Downtown%20Spokane) [From Seattle](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Seattle&to=Downtown+Spokane)

## Every way there

- Seattle → Downtown Spokane Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/seattle-to-downtown-spokane) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Seattle&to=Downtown+Spokane)
- Portland → Downtown Spokane Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/portland-to-downtown-spokane) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Portland&to=Downtown+Spokane)
- Boise → Downtown Spokane Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/boise-to-downtown-spokane) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Boise&to=Downtown+Spokane)

The field note

What is in and around Downtown Spokane, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Downtown Spokane](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/downtown-spokane)

What Downtown Spokane has

- Yes Scheduled flights Spokane (GEG), 9 km as the crow flies
- Yes Trains and coaches Transitous carries 5 timetable feeds for this country, 2 with real-time; whether a train or coach stops here shows when you plan
- No Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Yes Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- No Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- No Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Yes: you can plan it here today · Not yet: we know a source but do not plan with it yet · No: no source we know of.

47.657°, -117.420°

The Riverside neighborhood is roughly bounded by I-90 to the south, Division Street to the east, Monroe Street to the west and Boone Avenue to the north. The topography of Downtown Spokane is mostly flat except for areas downstream of the Spokane Falls which are located in a canyon; the elevation is approximately 1,900 feet (580 m) above sea level.

How locals move

## Getting around Downtown Spokane the local way

- Go next Helens are multi-day trips popular with locals.

From [Wikivoyage: Spokane](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Spokane), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Spokane), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: T85cr1ft19m1n (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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