The Sand Road Run can be used in combination with the Old Pullman Road to make loops of 20 miles or to the next galaxy.  The run climbs 90 feet in a third of a mile from the gym, then drops 190 feet through the arboretum down to Sand Road, which is flat.  The Sand Road arboretum gate is one mile from the gym.  The 2-mile mark is where the steep dead-end gravel road climbs north off Sand Road.  The old concrete bridge just past the start of the gravel, where many of us turn around, is 2.7 miles.  All measured by GPS and altimeter (OK, OK, so I'm an instrument freak).

Photos in sequence, left to right, along the Sand Road Run.     (Click on each photo to see enlarged version.)

Rayburn Hill - Go Left for Sand Rd. Run, Right for Kurdistan Run  Golf Course Crossing Top of Arboretum South on Arboretum Trail 1 South on Arboretum Trail 2 Arboretum Leaves Runner nearing Sand Rd. West on Sand Rd. Turn for 4 Mile Run Bridge at 2.7 miles Secret hidden 3 mile turn sign Secret Poplars near turn sign Dreaded Arboretum Hill #1 Dreaded Arboretum Hill #2 Dreaded Arboretum Hill #3 Memorial Gym Photos courtesy of Alan Place       Click here to go to Palouse Road Runners Homepage