Lake Fontal & Cherry Creek Falls Trail
14.2 mi · ▲ 1,513 ft · 5 hr 29 min
Lake Fontal & Cherry Creek Falls Trail is a 14.2-mile out-and-back in Marckworth State Forest near Lake Marcel, WA. The route reaches Lake Fontal at the turnaround, 7.1 miles in. It climbs 1,513 ft. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Lake Fontal & Cherry Creek Falls Trail
14.2 mi · ▲ 1,513 ft · 5 hr 29 min
Elevation 284–1,186 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.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 2.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Lake Fontal, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 2.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Little Ridge, heading W.
- 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.
- 0.2 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:51 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:11 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:42 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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