Highrocks Lookout & Cherry Valley Truck Trail is an 11.7-mile out-and-back in Marckworth State Forest near Sultan, WA. The route reaches Highrocks Lookout at the turnaround, 5.8 miles in. It climbs 1,413 ft. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi381 – 1,431 ft11.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.80823, -121.83138
Nearest town Sultan, WA
Directions
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Highrocks Lookout & Cherry Valley Truck Trail
11.7 mi · ▲ 1,413 ft · 4 hr 36 min
Elevation 380–1,430 ft
Out & Back · Marckworth State Forest
Trailhead: 47.80823, -121.83138
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Cherry Valley Truck Trail, heading W.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miReach Highrocks Lookout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
- 2.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 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
37% gravel63% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:09 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.8 mi in (~177 min). Leave by 3:52 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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