Sunset, a regional lifestyle magazine, listed the Spokane Falls among “The West’s best waterfalls” in its March 2001 issue.

Among high and scenic falls located everywhere from Arizona to Hawaii, and Wyoming to Washington, the magazine included the Spokane Falls as the only such wonder located in an urban area.

“Stoked by runoff from the mountains of Idaho, the Spokane River barges through downtown Spokane in a yearly performance that is a rite of Spring,” the article states, and “Overlooks north and south of the lower falls provide unnerving views of the river’s springtime virility.”

Also included were the Palouse Falls, just south of Spokane.