Cherry Creek Falls Trail
8.5 mi · ▲ 1,152 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Cherry Creek Falls Trail is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Marckworth State Forest near Lake Marcel, WA. It climbs 1,152 ft. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi253 – 787 ft8.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.76316, -121.85421
Nearest town Lake Marcel, WA
Directions
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Cherry Creek Falls Trail
8.5 mi · ▲ 1,152 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Elevation 252–788 ft
Out & Back · Marckworth State Forest
Trailhead: 47.76316, -121.85421
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto On Borrowed Time, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Cherry Creek Falls Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Dense, heading W.
- 200 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Falls Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto On Borrowed Time, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.1 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
46% gravel34% dirt20% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:44 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~57 min). Leave by 6:27 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- 5.6 mi · out & back · via Cherry Creek Falls Trail
- 5.8 mi · out & back · via Cherry Creek Falls Trail
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