Editing Country Homes, Washington (section)

==Geography==
Country Homes is a suburban area on the north side of the Spokane urban area, just over five miles due north of [[Downtown Spokane]].<ref name="SpoNWQuad" /> Roughly triangular in shape, the Census Bureau defines the CDP's bounds as from Five Mile Road in the northwest, along the northern edge of the Whitworth Campus and to U.S. Highway 2 in the northeast. Highway 2 and U.S. Highway 395, locally known as Division Street, mark the eastern boundary south until Country Homes Boulevard. The boundary follows Country Homes Boulevard southwest to Wall Street. The western boundary is more irregular, largely following a steep bluff<ref name="SpoNWQuad" /> which rises up to the [[Five Mile Prairie, Spokane|Five Mile Prairie]] neighborhood of Spokane.<ref name="5MileMap">{{cite web |title=Five Mile Prairie Neighborhood Map |url=https://static.spokanecity.org/documents/neighborhoods/councils/maps/five-mile-prairie-map-2023-04-12.pdf |website=spokanecity.org |publisher=City of Spokane |access-date=19 June 2024 |date=4 April 2023}}</ref> In addition to Five Mile Prairie, Country Homes borders Spokane's [[Shiloh Hills, Spokane|Shiloh Hills]] neighborhood on the east,<ref name="ShilohMap">{{cite web |title=Shiloh Hills Neighborhood Map |url=https://static.spokanecity.org/documents/neighborhoods/councils/maps/shiloh-hills-map.pdf |website=spokanecity.org |publisher=City of Spokane |access-date=19 June 2024 |date=4 April 2023}}</ref> the CDP of [[Town and Country, Washington|Town and Country]] to the south and the CDP of [[Fairwood, Spokane County, Washington|Fairwood]] to the north.<ref name="CensusProfile" />

[[File:Whitworth Entrance.png|thumb|Whitworth University campus entrance on Hawthorne Road]]
Terrain within the bounds of Country Homes is largely flat and gently sloping to the north from approximately 2,000 feet above sea level in the south<ref name="SpoNWQuad" /> to 1,900 feet in the north.<ref name="DarfordQuad">{{cite web |title=Darford Quadrangle |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=3285cd75e975f1fbe38f7c5308003a1a |website=usgs.gov |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref> There is a steep bluff immediately to the west of Country Homes which rises to over 2,400 feet on what is known as the Five Mile Prairie. The northwestern corner of the CDP is located on the gentlest part of the bluff where development is possible.<ref name="DartfordQuad" /> The southern portion of the bluff is much steeper and less developed, and also contains the Holmberg Conservation Area and park.<ref name="SpoNWQuad" /> Another shorter bluff runs along much of the northern boundary, falling off into the valley of the [[Little Spokane River]], which flows just over one mile north of the CDP. A small, ephemeral has cut a valley through the western side of the Whitworth University campus along Waikiki Road down to the Little Spokane.<ref name="DartfordQuad" />

Country Homes is located at {{coord|47|44|44|N|117|25|3|W|type:city}} (47.745690, -117.417558).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{Convert|1.7|sqmi}}, all of it land.