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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 1.2 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left onto Cherry Valley Truck Trail, heading E.
  4. 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miReach Lake Dorothy, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  9. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  10. 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° 12 AM: 7% rain1 AM: 9% rain2 AM: 6% rain3 AM: 4% rain4 AM: 3% rain5 AM: 3% rain6 AM: 5% rain7 AM: 6% rain8 AM: 5% rain9 AM: 7% rain10 AM: 3% rain11 AM: 2% rain12 PM: 2% rain1 PM: 4% rain2 PM: 9% rain3 PM: 20% rain4 PM: 22% rain5 PM: 22% rain6 PM: 43% rain7 PM: 41% rain8 PM: 26% rain9 PM: 19% rain10 PM: 6% rain11 PM: 4% rain
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°

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