Rocky Road & You're Going Down via Cherry Creek Falls Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 566 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Rocky Road & You're Going Down via Cherry Creek Falls Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Marckworth State Forest near Lake Marcel, WA. It climbs 566 ft. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Rocky Road & You're Going Down via Cherry Creek Falls Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 566 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 317–816 ft
Out & Back · Marckworth State Forest
Trailhead: 47.76511, -121.90478
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto You're Going Down, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right onto Rocky Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Cherry Creek Falls Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Dense, heading W.
- 250 ftReach You're Going Down, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Falls Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Rocky Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto You're Going Down, heading NW.
- 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 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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