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A visit to Thornton Lakes is always a good idea. The Northern Cascade Range scenery is always beautiful. At Thornton Lakes all through the warm days of summer highs are in the 70's. Once the sun is down it plunges down to the 50's. Daytime highs through the winter are in the 30's with winter lows in the 30's overnight here at Thornton Lakes. Yeah, come up here to the Northern Cascade Range for a splendid time.
Thornton Lakes commonly gets a lot of rain;
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| | the month of December is the wettest with most of the rain, and the driest of the months is July. All the outdoors exciting stuff in the Northern Cascade Range will keep you coming back persistently. While you're here at Thornton Lakes you can take a hike along the Pyramid Lake Trail, and a good site to camp here at Thornton Lakes is Goodell Campground. This lake is so wonderful. After a long day outdoors Totem Trail Motel is a great spot to spend a night | |
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or two, and you can have a fine hiking adventure along the Hidden Lake Trail.
What a location this is for outdoors people. Dry warm beds await you at Stagecoach Inn; whitewater paddling is not for everyone but if it's for you
then, we recommend Bacon Creek. If the weather is splendid here at Thornton Lakes, you can go for a hike along the Sourdough Lookout Trail, and camping at Group Campground is always a good experience. Trappers Peak is clearly visible from Thornton Lakes, and there are some wonderful whitewater spots on Skagit River.
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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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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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