#302 - Circumference Trail via #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 452 ft · 1 hr 20 min
#302 - Circumference Trail via #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Phoenix Mountains Preserve near Vista del Cerro, AZ. It climbs 452 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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#302 - Circumference Trail via #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 452 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Elevation 1,494–1,931 ft
Out & Back · Phoenix Mountains Preserve
Trailhead: 33.56837, -111.99811
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 99°F / low 80° · precip 6% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftBear left onto #1A - Perl Charles Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto #304 - Nature Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto #302 - Circumference Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp right onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Viewpoint & #8 - Quartz Ridge Trail Loop via #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail 1.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- VOAZ loop via #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 287 ft
- #220 - Dreamy Draw Nature Trail Loop 3.4 mi · ▲ 449 ft
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail Loop 3.6 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Dreamy Draw Bikeway 3.7 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- #304 - Nature Trail Loop via #8 - Quartz Ridge Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 383 ft
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