Cherry Creek Falls & Cherry Creek Falls Viewpoint via Cherry Valley Truck Trail
12.9 mi · ▲ 1,312 ft · 4 hr 57 min
Cherry Creek Falls & Cherry Creek Falls Viewpoint via Cherry Valley Truck Trail is a 12.9-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, 6.4 miles in. It climbs 1,312 ft. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Cherry Creek Falls & Cherry Creek Falls Viewpoint via Cherry Valley Truck Trail
12.9 mi · ▲ 1,312 ft · 4 hr 57 min
Elevation 338–817 ft
Out & Back · Marckworth State Forest
Trailhead: Youngs River Truck Trail · 47.80800, -121.82588
Weather Aug 3: Fog, high 73°F / low 51° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Youngs River Truck Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Cherry Valley Truck Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 1.4 miSharp left, heading S.
- 350 ftPass Cherry Creek Falls Viewpoint.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Cherry Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 1.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 1.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Youngs River Truck Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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