#306 - Shaw Butte Trail Loop
2.8 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 58 min
#306 - Shaw Butte Trail Loop is a 2.8-mile loop in North Mountain Preserve near Ridgegate, AZ. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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#306 - Shaw Butte Trail Loop
2.8 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 58 min
Elevation 1,376–1,458 ft
Loop · North Mountain Preserve
Trailhead: 33.60531, -112.06670
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 101°F / low 82° · precip 6% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 162 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto #306 - Shaw Butte Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miThe loop closes 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 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 6:27 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:10 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 162 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 232 ft
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 232 ft
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 112 ft
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