[4] With the arrival of European settlers in the 1800s, the trail became an important arterial for the trappers and pioneers who came to the Spokane area.

The trail was renamed Pioneer Road and was part of a route that connected the Columbia River to Spokane House, just a couple of miles to the northwest of the current neighborhood.

Though this annexation did not extend into the present boundaries of North Indian Trail, it began the steady creep of development towards the neighborhood.

[4] As of 2020, development of the neighborhood remains ongoing, with construction projects adding more housing to the area in the few patches of undeveloped land left.

[6] There is also a steep bluff in the west, running through the middle of the neighborhood as the tableland drops down to the elevation of the Spokane River, which lies roughly 400 feet below.

[9][4] Even with the second connection to the neighborhood along Barnes Road, traffic congestion remains a major issue in North Indian Trail.

[10] Indian Trail Road, south of Shawnee Avenue, is considered a principal arterial by the city.

[11] Indian Trail Road continues for about a mile north of the neighborhood to an intersection with Rutter Parkway in unincorporated Spokane County.

Via Rutter Parkway, the neighborhood is connected to the community of Nine Mile Falls and Washington State Route 291 in the west and Fairwood in the east.

Both feed into Salk Middle School, which is also located in the adjacent Balboa/South Indian Trail neighborhood.