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Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix Guide Book

by Stewart Green (Falcon Publishing)
Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix

120pp/maps
ISBN: 1560449241

The Phoenix metropolitan area, sprawling across the Valley of the Sun, is one of Arizona's most popular visitor destinations. The city and its suburbs offer superb hiking trails in the vast and spectacular Sonoran Desert. This guide will direct you to 25 of the best short hiking trails on Squaw Peak, McDonald Mountain and in Lost Dutchman State Park. Each hike includes concise descriptions and detailed maps of mostly short, easy-to-follow trails that lead to some of the most scenic destinations in the area. With hikes varying from half-hour strolls to full-day adventures, Best Easy Day Hikes Phoenix is for everyone, including families.

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... Preview: Most of the eastern side of the White Tank Mountains, a rugged range forming Phoenix’s western skyline, is protected in Maricopa County’s 26,337-acre White Tank Mountain Regional Park. Several deep ca ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Sun City West, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.3 miles
... Preview: Camelback Mountain, towering above Phoenix and Scottsdale, is a well-known and prominent landmark. The 2,704-foot peak, the highest point in the Phoenix Mountains, is a two-summited mountain that look ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Phoenix, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.32 miles (About Top Trails)
... Preview: The 1.75-mile Cholla Trail is a great alternative hike to the steeper and busier Summit Trail on the opposite side of Camelback Mountain. The well-maintained trail gains 1,300 feet from trailhead to s ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Phoenix, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.5 miles
... Preview: The Dreamy Draw Nature Trail is an easy, pleasant trek across the foothills northwest of Squaw Peak. It’s a popular hike with quick access, fine views, and gentle grades. Squaw Peak looms to the sout ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Phoenix, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.5 miles
... Preview: Lookout Mountain, a two-summited peak jutting above north Phoenix, is the centerpiece of Lookout Mountain Preserve. The mountain’s 2,054-foot high point is a flat-topped summit surrounded by volcanic ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Phoenix, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.6 miles
... Preview: The 0.5-mile Summit Trail, offering great views of north Phoenix, climbs to the airy, flat summit of 2,054-foot Lookout Mountain. The short, steep trail has mostly gentle grades and a few loose, rocky ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Phoenix, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 1 miles
... Preview: This short hike winds to the top of Lousley Hill, a low rise at the northeast corner of McDowell Mountain Regional Park. The 1.2-mile trail offers superb views across the Verde River valley and lots o ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Scottsdale, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.2 miles
... Preview: The North Trail is an excellent hike through an unspoiled Sonoran Desert ecosystem. The trail quickly leaves all traces of civilization behind, allowing you to experience the desert sights and sounds ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Scottsdale, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.1 miles
... Preview: The 0.95-mile-long Merkle Memorial Trail is an easy loop hike around Headquarters Hill, a low granite hill southwest of Pass Mountain. Covered picnic tables are found on the north, east, and south sid ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Mesa, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 0.95 miles
... Preview: North Mountain is a pyramid-shaped peak that looms over 7th Street northwest of Squaw Peak in north Phoenix. The 2,104-foot mountain, topped by transmission towers, offers a good 1.6-mile loop hike up ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Phoenix, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.6 miles
... Preview: This short hike encircles the northernmost sandstone outcrop. There are lots of social trails in the area; stick to the most well-traveled path to stay on course. Watch out for mountain bikers who als ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Phoenix, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.1 miles
... Preview: The 2.25-mile Peralta Canyon Trail is one of Arizona’s most popular and busiest trails. The trail strikes north up a spectacular canyon lined with cliffs, spires, and hoodoos and ends on a lofty saddl ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Globe, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 4.5 miles
... Preview: The 4-mile Shaw Butte Trail makes a great scenic loop hike over 2,149-foot Shaw Butte, one of the northernmost summits in the Phoenix Mountains. Shaw Butte and its neighbor North Mountain are both cro ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Phoenix, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 4 miles
... Preview: The rugged Superstition Mountains is an austere and scenic range that is protected as a 160,200-acre wilderness area in Tonto National Forest east of Phoenix. The range, the alleged site of the famed ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Apache Junction, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.2 miles
... Preview: South Mountain Park, covering almost 17,000 acres south of Phoenix, is reputed to be the largest municipal park in the world. The park, a treasure for hikers, equestrians, and mountain bikers, is lace ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Tempe, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 6 miles
... Preview: This 2.2-mile loop hike, following the closed Pima Canyon Road and returning down Pima Gulch Trail, is an easy and popular excursion into the eastern part of South Mountain Park. South Mountain Park, ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Tempe, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.2 miles
... Preview: The Squaw Peak Circumference Trail makes a wide, circular, 3.74-mile hike around the circumference of 2,608-foot Squaw Peak. This excellent hike, one of the best hiking secrets in the area, offers bot ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Phoenix, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.74 miles
... Preview: The Mohave Trail is a short 0.4-mile trail that ascends a rocky ridge south of Squaw Peak to a rounded summit that offers a great view of Phoenix and the surrounding mountains. The summit view is espe ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Phoenix, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 0.8 miles
... Preview: Don’t let the trail name fool you. This is not a regular “nature trail” by any stretch of the imagination; instead, it’s an excellent, 1.52-mile loop hike that explores the unusual Sonoran Desert ecos ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Phoenix, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.52 miles
... Preview: Squaw Peak, dominating Phoenix’s northern skyline, is the centerpiece of the city’s Phoenix Mountains Preserve. Numerous trails lace the 9,000-acre parkland, but none is more revered and popular than ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Phoenix"
Phoenix, AZ - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.4 miles

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