It is located on a prairie of the same name that is atop a bluff on the northern edge of the city of Spokane.

Housing development has been replacing the rural land in the neighborhood since the start of the 21st century.

The Spokane people inhabited the area that is now known as the Five Mile Prairie for centuries before European settlers arrived.

[2] The natives named the prairie "Billymeechum" or "home of the tall grass" after their Chief and have been documented in the area dating as far back as the year 1010; extant petroglyphs remain from their presence on the rock cliffs.

[4] The homesteaders primarily cultivated fruit orchards and berries as well as wheat, oats, and barley.

Surrounded by cliffs to the north, east, and west, the 3400-acre prairie sits atop a high circular table or mesa of granite and basalt rock looking over the city below.

Bluffs of a few hundred feet mark all sides of the neighborhood, though some go beyond city limits.

[10] The southwestern half of the neighborhood feeds into Skyline Elementary, which is located in the unincorporated northwest of the prairie.