Seattle City Light Viewpoint & Cherry Creek Falls Trail
14.7 mi · ▲ 2,089 ft · 5 hr 57 min
Seattle City Light Viewpoint & Cherry Creek Falls Trail is a 14.7-mile out-and-back in Marckworth State Forest near Lake Marcel, WA. The route reaches Seattle City Light Viewpoint at the turnaround, 7.4 miles in. It climbs 2,089 ft. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Seattle City Light Viewpoint & Cherry Creek Falls Trail
14.7 mi · ▲ 2,089 ft · 5 hr 57 min
Elevation 252–1,076 ft
Out & Back · Marckworth State Forest
Trailhead: 47.74582, -121.90835
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 70°F / low 51° · precip 47% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:44 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.
- 300 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach Seattle City Light Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 3.4 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto On Borrowed Time, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Cherry Creek Falls Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Dense, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Falls Trail, heading NE.
- 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 7:24 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:44 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:16 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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