Lake Dorothy via Cherry Valley Truck Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Marckworth State Forest near Sultan, WA. The route reaches Lake Dorothy at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 323 ft. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi381 – 525 ft5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.80823, -121.83138
Nearest town Sultan, WA
Directions
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Lake Dorothy via Cherry Valley Truck Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 323 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 380–525 ft
Out & Back · Marckworth State Forest
Trailhead: 47.80823, -121.83138
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 69°F / low 52° · precip 43% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Cherry Valley Truck Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Lake Dorothy, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 1.2 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
4% gravel96% unspecified
Weather
Light drizzleTemperature 69°F52°
Precip43%Wind5 mphUV6Humidity79%
Rained 0.3″ 6 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
70°50°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:44 PM
Sat
69°52°
32%
Sun
72°50°
Mon
72°49°
Tue
74°50°
Wed
84°53°
Thu
73°55°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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