Countless ways to play
Join your friends in exhilarating games, challenging workouts, and once-in-a-lifetime adventures.
Fitness, sports, and fun
Pac-12 athletics
Cheer on the Cougs in 11 sports: football, basketball, baseball, soccer, track and field, golf, volleyball, swimming, cross country, rowing, and tennis.
Award-winning fitness center
Work out in the award-winning University Recreation Center. Personal trainers can help you start an exercise program and stay on track.
Top-ranked golf course
Links Magazine named WSU’s Palouse Ridge Golf Club one of America’s top 2 collegiate courses.
Intramural sports
One of the nation’s largest intramural programs! Join more than 6,000 participants in 75+ activities. No experience or skill needed. Just play.
Sport clubs
Sport clubs run by students give you even more opportunities to compete.
Arboretum & botanical garden
Go for a jog or a stroll on wide, even trails at the University of Idaho Arboretum & Botanical Garden. Trees and shrubs from around the world span 63-acres. Open daily, dawn to dusk.
Miniature golf
Let the 18-hole miniature course at Airway Hills challenge your putting skills.
Bowling
Zeppoz bowling center is less than a mile and a half from the WSU campus.
Garnet hunting
Pluck genuine gems from a gravel-filled sluice box. The Emerald Creek Garnet Area is the only place in the western hemisphere where you can find precious star garnets.
Trampoline park
Jump, flip, and soar on 10,000+ square feet of interconnected indoor trampolines at Defy Trampoline Park.
Spokane Hoopfest
Play in the biggest 3-on-3 basketball tournament on the planet.
Bloomsday
Join 60,000+ people to run, jog, walk, or wheel in Spokane’s annual 12K extravaganza.
Outdoor recreation
Nowhere is the great outdoors more captivating than on the rolling hills, gentle rivers, and rugged mountains of the Palouse. From exquisite walks to extreme sports, you’ll find year-round recreation right in your backyard.
WSU Outdoor Recreation Center
Join your friends in discovering new places to play.
- Trips, classes, and clinics help you master new skills.
- The Palouse Scenic Byway offers scenic destinations for hiking, camping, mountain biking, skiing, climbing, rafting, and more





Pullman city parks
More than a dozen public parks deliver spacious picnic areas and amazing playgrounds

- Hiking trails
- Formal gardens
- Community gardens
- Ponds with turtles and ducks

- Playfields
- Skate park
- 18-hole disc golf course
- Tennis and basketball courts

- Swimming pools
- Indoor aquatic and fitness center