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If you are in this part of Washington make sure to pay a visit to Thornton Lakes. The Northern Cascade Range scenery is always beautiful. You can run the rapids of Skagit River right next door to Thornton Lakes; Thornton Lakes is nice enough to spend more than a day at, Group Campground is a nice local campground. And if you're still looking for more outdoors fun stuff just keep reading. A tremendous location to camp here at Thornton Lakes is Goodell Campground.
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| | This lake is so wonderful. The vista of Trappers Peak from Thornton Lakes is charming; do take a hike on the Hidden Lake Trail. This site, the Northern Cascade Range, has so much outdoors cool things. Lake Chelan National Recreation Area is one of the destinations close to Thornton Lakes that are nice to go to, and hiking along the Pyramid Lake Trail is delightful fun. A glorious location for whitewater paddling in close proximity to Thornton Lakes is Bacon Creek; | |
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you can have a tremendous hiking adventure along the Sourdough Lookout Trail.
Thornton Lakes typically gets lots of rain; December is when you get the most rain here, and July meanwhile is the driest month. Summertime at Thornton
Lakes arrives with high temperatures in the 70's. When the night sets in temperatures plunge down into the 50's. High temperatures through the winter are normally in the 30's, and overnight lows through the winter for Thornton Lakes tend to be in the 30's.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 48.68806
Longitude: -121.3314
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| These outdoors activities are available near Thornton Lakes. |
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| | Hiking Trails Near Thornton Lakes:
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Hidden Lake Trail, Skagit County, 12 miles away
5.8 hiking miles, 2693 feet elevation difference |
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Pyramid Lake Trail, Whatcom County, 14 miles away
2.2 hiking miles, 1153 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Thornton Lakes:
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Skagit River, Whatcom CountyCounty, 3 miles away
Class II-III+ - 8.9 miles long (Goodell Creek to Copper Creek) |
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Bacon Creek, Whatcom/Skagit CountyCounty, 6 miles away
Class II+(IV) - 6 miles long (Falls Creek to Skagit River confluence) |
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Cascade River, Skagit CountyCounty, 7 miles away
Class V - 8.1 miles long (Marble Creek Campground to Bridge Close to Skagit confluence) |
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