West Medical Lake

West Medical Lake is a lake in Spokane, Washington. West Medical Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Espanola, as well as near Silver Lake.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Eastern State Hospital and Medical Lake High School.

Eastern State Hospital

Hospital

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Eastern State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital established in 1891 in Medical Lake, a small community 20 miles southwest of Spokane, Washington. The original building was a Kirkbride Plan, and the current building has a similar floor plan with male and female wings extending out from the main building.

Medical Lake High School

School

Medical Lake High School is a four-year public secondary school in Medical Lake, Washington, the sole traditional high school in the Medical Lake School District in western Spokane County.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Medical Lake and Espanola.

Medical Lake

Town

Photo: Gneek, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Medical Lake is a small city in Spokane County, eastern Washington, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 4,874. The city is the site of a psychiatric hospital, Eastern State Hospital, and of Fairchild Air Force Base, two major employers.

Espanola

Hamlet

Espanola is an unincorporated community, in Spokane County, Washington, United States. The current name was adopted in the year 1900. As of 2021 the community of Espanola is little more than a handful of buildings and a grain elevator surrounded by farms.

West Medical Lake

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Spokane, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.57344° or 47° 34′ 24″ north

Longitude

-117.70785° or 117° 42′ 28″ west

Elevation

2,428 feet (740 metres)

Open location code

85V4H7FR+9V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 57356389

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

5815545

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