Sadie Falls–Swans Mill Pond, 4 sights
14.4 mi · ▲ 1,969 ft · 5 hr 47 min
Sadie Falls–Swans Mill Pond, 4 sights is a 14.4-mile out-and-back in Marckworth State Forest near Lake Marcel, WA. The route passes Swans Mill Pond before reaching Sadie Falls at the turnaround, 7.2 miles in. It climbs 1,969 ft. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Sadie Falls–Swans Mill Pond, 4 sights
14.4 mi · ▲ 1,969 ft · 5 hr 47 min
Elevation 252–1,076 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.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto On Borrowed Time, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 3.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Swan Mill Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miPass Swans Mill Pond.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Swan Loop Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Sadie Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Swan Mill Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 3.4 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto On Borrowed Time, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Cherry Creek Falls Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Dense, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Falls Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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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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