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Darrington is a town in Snohomish County, Washington, United States.It is located in a North Cascades mountain valley formed by the Sauk and North Fork Stillaguamish rivers. . Darrington is connected to nearby areas by State Route 530, which runs along the two rivers towards the city of Arlington, located 30 miles (48 km) to the west, and Rockpo
At Darrington the Sauk River comes so close to the head of the North Fork Stillaguamish River that boats used to portage across the divide. [ 5 ] The name "Sauk" comes from the Sah-kee-ma-hu ( Sauk-Suiattle tribe), a group related to the Skagit tribes, not from the Sauk tribe of the Midwestern U.S. [ 6 ]
The portion from Barlow Pass to Darrington follows the Sauk River. The "inside" of the highway's namesake loop is a large area containing significant Cascade peaks, including Three Fingers (6,850 ft; 2,090 m), Whitehorse Mountain (6,850 ft; 2,090 m), Mount Dickerman (5,723 ft; 1,744 m), and Mount Forgotten (6,005 ft; 1,830 m).
Darrington Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 1S2) is a public airport located in Darrington, a rural town in Snohomish County, Washington, United States.It is owned and operated by the town government and is situated west–east along the north side of State Route 530.
Whitehorse Mountain (Lushootseed: čubaliali) [4] is a peak near the western edge of the North Cascades in Washington state. It is located just southwest of the Sauk River Valley town of Darrington, near the northern boundary of Boulder River Wilderness in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. While not of particularly high absolute elevation ...
State Route 530 (SR 530) is a state highway in western Washington, United States.It serves Snohomish and Skagit counties, traveling 50.52 miles (81.30 km) from an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5) southwest of Arlington past SR 9 in Arlington and Darrington to end at SR 20 in Rockport.
Round Mountain [3] is a 5,369-foot mountain summit at the western edge of the North Cascades, in Skagit County of Washington state. It is located nine miles northwest of Darrington, Washington, and is situated on land administered by the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
In 2004, the Sauk-Suiattle became the first tribe in Washington to receive a tribal Wi-Fi hotspot and high-speed wireless. [11] The tribe operates a smokeshop and a country store through its economic development group. [1] It opened a casino and bingo hall located on Washington State Route 530 in September 2018 It closed less than a year later ...