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Upper Cherry Creek Falls & Youngs River Truck Trail via Cherry Valley Truck Trail is a 12.2-mile out-and-back in Marckworth State Forest near Sultan, WA. The route reaches Upper Cherry Creek Falls. It climbs 900 ft. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi381 – 817 ft12.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.80823, -121.83138
Nearest town Sultan, WA

Directions

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Upper Cherry Creek Falls & Youngs River Truck Trail via Cherry Valley Truck Trail

12.2 mi · ▲ 900 ft · 4 hr 31 min

Elevation 380–817 ft

Out & Back · Marckworth State Forest

Trailhead: 47.80823, -121.83138

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 1.2 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left onto Cherry Valley Truck Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.9 miBear left, heading E.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 1.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  8. 200 ftReach Upper Cherry Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 200 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  10. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Youngs River Truck Trail, heading N.
  11. 2.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  12. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  14. 1.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  15. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  16. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cherry Valley Truck Trail, heading W.
  18. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  20. 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

22% dirt10% gravel68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.4 mi in (~120 min). Leave by 4:51 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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