Marckworth Falls & Lake Margaret via Cherry Valley Truck Trail
16 mi · ▲ 1,916 ft · 6 hr 17 min
Marckworth Falls & Lake Margaret via Cherry Valley Truck Trail is a 16-mile out-and-back in Marckworth State Forest near Lake Marcel, WA. The route passes Lake Margaret before reaching Marckworth Falls at the turnaround, 8 miles in. It climbs 1,916 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Marckworth Falls & Lake Margaret via Cherry Valley Truck Trail
16 mi · ▲ 1,916 ft · 6 hr 17 min
Elevation 325–858 ft
Out & Back · Marckworth State Forest
Trailhead: 47.76640, -121.89592
Weather Aug 3: Fog, high 71°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Lake Margaret.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Burnt Cedar, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Outer Limits, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 2.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 1 miBear right onto Cherry Valley Truck Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Youngs River Truck Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach Marckworth Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Cherry Valley Truck Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 2.2 miTurn right onto Outer Limits, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Burnt Cedar, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.4 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 8:21 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:41 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 9:17 PM.
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