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Fortson Mill Ponds via Whitehorse Trail is a 14.8-mile out-and-back near Rowan, WA. The route reaches Fortson Mill Ponds. It is mostly level, with 133 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi279 – 449 ft14.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Whitehorse Trail 48.27676, -121.84311
Nearest town Rowan, WA

Directions

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Fortson Mill Ponds via Whitehorse Trail

14.8 mi · ▲ 133 ft · 5 hr

Elevation 278–449 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Whitehorse Trail · 48.27676, -121.84311

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:41 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Whitehorse Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.9 miBear right onto 310th Street Northeast, heading E.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Whitehorse Trail, heading E.
  4. 3.4 miPass Fortson Mill Ponds.
  5. 2.2 miReach Fortson Mill Ponds, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 5.5 miBear right onto 310th Street Northeast, heading W.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Whitehorse Trail, heading W.
  8. 1.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

92% gravel7% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:41 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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