Highrocks Lookout & Cherry Creek Falls Trail
12.3 mi · ▲ 1,530 ft · 4 hr 52 min
Highrocks Lookout & Cherry Creek Falls Trail is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in Marckworth State Forest near Lake Marcel, WA. The route reaches Highrocks Lookout at the turnaround, 6.1 miles in. It climbs 1,530 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Highrocks Lookout & Cherry Creek Falls Trail
12.3 mi · ▲ 1,530 ft · 4 hr 52 min
Elevation 284–1,430 ft
Out & Back · Marckworth State Forest
Trailhead: 47.74582, -121.90835
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Falls Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Dense, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Falls Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Little Ridge, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Falls Trail, heading N.
- 3.8 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 S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
- 3.8 miContinue straight onto Little Ridge, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Falls Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Dense, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Falls Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.1 mi in (~186 min). Leave by 3:45 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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