Marckworth State Forest

Burnt Cedar

12.5 mi · ▲ 1,553 ft · 4 hr 57 min

Burnt Cedar is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Marckworth State Forest near Lake Marcel, WA. It climbs 1,553 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi325 – 1,132 ft · steepest grade: 32%12.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.77572, -121.89894
Nearest town Lake Marcel, WA

Directions

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Burnt Cedar

12.5 mi · ▲ 1,553 ft · 4 hr 57 min

Elevation 325–1,130 ft

Out & Back · Marckworth State Forest

Trailhead: 47.77572, -121.89894

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 2.8 miSharp left, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Cherry Creek Falls Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.7 miTurn right onto Outer Limits, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miBear left onto Burnt Cedar, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miBear right onto Outer Limits, heading NE.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Falls Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  18. 2.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  19. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 1 miTurn left, heading W.
  21. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  22. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

46% dirt3% gravel51% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:18 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM — 11 min before dark.

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