Marckworth State Forest

blocked road

bridge

Bridge over unnamed stream in Marckworth State Forest

burned trunk

clear cut restoring

creeks

description

The Marckworth State Forest is state trust land that is managed by the Washington Department of Natural Resources. The forest is open for recreation but has no facilities or official trails. You can drive and walk along logging roads. There are several beautiful waterfalls and viewpoints.
Marckworth Forest is made up of state trust lands managed by the Department of Natural Resources as a working forest.

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facilities

While Marckworth Forest is open to the public for dispersed recreation, it does not have designated recreational trails or facilities like trailheads, designated parking areas, or campgrounds.

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hiking

Marckworth Forest (wta.org) Marckworth Forest offers some wonderful walking among forest, marshes, and rumpled rocky hills, as long as you’re ok doing your own routefinding on logging roads. It’s a quiet, little known and infrequently visited spot, less than an hour’s drive from Seattle.

hint of autumn

logging road

north border

OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8589554

photograph

Trees along Cedar Ponds Road

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reflection

residual stand

sign

Marckworth State Forest sign

tags

forest
Discover Pass required

unnamed stream

Unnamed stream in Marckworth State Forest

vicinity

Tower Hill

vicinity of

waterfalls

wikimedia

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Marckworth_State_Forest

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