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Cherry Creek Falls & Cherry Creek Falls Viewpoint via Cherry Valley Truck Trail is a 10.4-mile out-and-back in Marckworth State Forest near Sultan, WA. The route passes Cherry Creek Falls Viewpoint before reaching Cherry Creek Falls at the turnaround, 5.2 miles in. It climbs 929 ft. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi338 – 758 ft10.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.80823, -121.83138
Nearest town Sultan, WA

Directions

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Cherry Creek Falls & Cherry Creek Falls Viewpoint via Cherry Valley Truck Trail

10.4 mi · ▲ 929 ft · 3 hr 56 min

Elevation 338–759 ft

Out & Back · Marckworth State Forest

Trailhead: 47.80823, -121.83138

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 1.2 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.7 miTurn right onto Cherry Valley Truck Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  6. 1.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
  7. 500 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftPass Cherry Creek Falls Viewpoint.
  9. 50 ftReach Cherry Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  11. 500 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  12. 1.4 miSharp right, heading N.
  13. 1.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  14. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  15. 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

34% gravel28% dirt38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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