Platts Lookout & Marckworth State Forest Viewpoint
3.3 mi · ▲ 422 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Platts Lookout & Marckworth State Forest Viewpoint is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Marckworth State Forest near Lake Marcel, WA. The route passes Platts Lookout before reaching Marckworth State Forest Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 422 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Platts Lookout & Marckworth State Forest Viewpoint
3.3 mi · ▲ 422 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 588–1,010 ft
Out & Back · Marckworth State Forest
Trailhead: 47.76316, -121.85421
Weather Aug 3: Fog, high 72°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.9 miPass Marckworth State Forest Viewpoint.
- 50 ftReach Platts Lookout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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