Upper Cherry Creek Falls & Youngs River Truck Trail
6.7 mi · ▲ 391 ft · 2 hr 26 min
Upper Cherry Creek Falls & Youngs River Truck Trail is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Marckworth State Forest near Sultan, WA. The route reaches Upper Cherry Creek Falls at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It climbs 391 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Upper Cherry Creek Falls & Youngs River Truck Trail
6.7 mi · ▲ 391 ft · 2 hr 26 min
Elevation 545–792 ft
Out & Back · Marckworth State Forest
Trailhead: Youngs River Truck Trail · 47.80800, -121.82588
Weather Aug 3: Fog, high 73°F / low 51° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Youngs River Truck Trail, heading S.
- 2.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 200 ftReach Upper Cherry Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 2.5 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 3.0 mi in (~83 min). Leave by 6:58 PM for the 8:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:12 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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