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Sultan

Washington, United States · North America

About Sultan

Sultan sits on the route: 10 minutes from Woods Creek, 36km from Snoqualmie Falls.

Sultan is a town located in Washington, United States. With a population of 4,798, it is an important destination in North America.

On a road trip, Sultan sits in United States, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Los Angeles time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Sultan to your route.

About Sultan

The Sultan River is a river in Snohomish County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary of the Skykomish River, which it joins at the town of Sultan, Washington. The river is dammed in its upper third by Culmback Dam to form Spada Lake. Both the Sultan River and the town of Sultan were named by prospectors

Read more for the chief of a Snohomish sub-tribe who lived on the Skykomish River in the 1870s. His name was Tsul-tad or Tseul-tud, which was anglicized by the miners into Sultan. The Sultan River's drainage basin was subjected to intense glaciation during the Pleistocene era. The river flows through a well-defined glacially carved trench. The upper South Fork Sultan River flows through a classic U-shaped valley cut by a glacier through Quartz diorite. The Sultan's river main tributaries—the North Fork, South Fork, Elk Creek, and Williamson Creek— flow through narrow valleys to converge in the lower Sultan basin where the valley floor is relatively broad. The Sultan River exits this basin by plunging abruptly into and through a narrow canyon. Pleistocene glaciers spread down the valleys of the Sultan River and its tributaries, merging in the lower basin. From there the ice pushed west through what is now the Pilchuck River valley. Today the two rivers are separated by the terminal moraine of an ice front that spread up the Pilchuck valley and impounded the Sultan River, creating a lake. This glacial lake eventually drained westward, creating a delta moraine. The postglacial Sultan River cut through the delta moraine, establishing its present course out of the lower Sultan basin.

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Sultan is located in Washington, United States, North America. The coordinates are 47.8626 latitude, -121.8165 longitude.

What is the population of Sultan?

Sultan has a population of approximately 4,798 people, making it a town in United States.

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Quick Information

Population
4,798
Continent
North America
Country
United States
Region
Washington
Timezone
America/Los_Angeles
Coordinates
47.8626, -121.8165

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911
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Worth the detour from Sultan

3 notable places within an hour's drive.

waterfall

Snoqualmie Falls

A spectacular 82-meter waterfall east of Seattle, sacred to the Snoqualmie people and featured in Twin Peaks.

36 km · about 40 min drive

museum

Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP)

Frank Gehry-designed museum celebrating contemporary popular culture through music, sci-fi, fantasy, and video game exhibits.

48 km · about 55 min drive

landmark

Space Needle

Futuristic observation tower built for the 1962 World's Fair, an iconic symbol of Seattle's skyline.

48 km · about 55 min drive

Nearby Destinations

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Woods Creek

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Three Lakes

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Lake Marcel-Stillwater

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Cathcart

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21 km awayPop. 2,458

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