Overview
Crawford State Park is a 49-acre, forested day-use park featuring Gardner Cave, the third longest limestone cavern in Washington. This tourable cave is filled with stalactites, stalagmites, rimstone pools and flow stone.

Hours
Summer: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
Winter: Closed Sept. 6, 2005, reopens April 21, 2006.

Contact Mount Spokane State Park at (509) 238-4258 for information.

Facilities
The park provides one kitchen shelter without electricity, plus two sheltered and eleven unsheltered picnic tables. All are available first-come, first-served. A restroom is also provided.

Activities
The main activity at Crawford State Park is touring Gardner Cave. With large groups and holidays, extra tours can be given. Park staff limits tour size to 25 people. A call before arrival will help in accommodating large groups. Phone Crawford State Park at 509-446-4065, or Mount Spokane State Park at 509-238-4258.

The surrounding area has many events and outdoor activities. Contact the Metaline Falls Chamber of Commerce and the National Forest Service. Metaline Falls is located in the Colville National Forest.

Crawford State Park has no overnight camping. Seattle City Light has a campground, with standard campsites and restrooms, next to Boundary Dam, one mile outside of the park.

Directions
Located 11 miles north of Metaline, Wash., in the extreme northeastern corner of the state.

From Spokane:
Take Hwy. 2 north to SR 211, and turn left. Continue on to SR 20, and turn left again, heading north. At Tiger, SR 20 turns left to Colville, but you should continue heading north on SR 31. Follow signs to Ione, Metaline and Metaline Falls. Once in Metaline, follow highway signs to Crawford State Park.

Information Courtesy Of Washington State Parks