5 Best Sights in Moses Lake, Spokane and Eastern Washington

A great number of birds are attracted to this reserve: hawks, falcons, golden eagles, ducks, sandhill cranes, herons, American avocets, black-necked stilts, and yellow-headed and red-winged blackbirds. The refuge is also home to beavers, muskrats, badgers, and coyotes.

Claw-shape, 38-foot-deep, 18-mile-long Moses Lake is filled by Crab Creek—which originates in the hills west of Spokane—with three side branches known as Parker Horn, Lewis Horn, and Pelican Horn. The city of Moses Lake sprawls over the peninsulas formed by these "horns," and can therefore be a bit difficult to get around. This is the state's second-largest lake.

Exhibits include a collection of Native American artifacts and some on local history. Regional artists are featured in the gallery, and the giant Columbian Mammoth metal sculpture is a fun photo op.

This park is 25 miles southwest of Moses Lake on the west side of O'Sullivan Dam next to the Potholes Reservoir, an artificial lake in a natural depression carved by the huge Spokane Floods. Open year-round, it's a great fishing lake, with trout in the fall, winter, and early spring, and ice fishing in the winter. Camping, boating, and wildlife viewing are other popular diversions. Five cabins are available to rent.

This is a great place to cool off from the hot central Washington sunshine, with an Olympic-size pool, two 200-foot waterslides, a tube slide, a "baby octopus" slide, and diving boards.