#306 - Shaw Butte Trail
2 mi · ▲ 698 ft · 1 hr 1 min
#306 - Shaw Butte Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in North Mountain Preserve near Canyon Village, AZ. It climbs 698 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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#306 - Shaw Butte Trail
2 mi · ▲ 698 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 1,291–1,669 ft
Out & Back · North Mountain Preserve
Trailhead: 33.58846, -112.09386
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 102°F / low 82° · precip 6% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 548 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto #306 - Shaw Butte Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto #306 - Shaw Butte Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:31 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:52 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:17 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 548 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- #306 - Shaw Butte Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 699 ft
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail–#306 - Shaw Butte Trail, 3 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 1,107 ft
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