#306 - Shaw Butte Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 699 ft · 1 hr 3 min
#306 - Shaw Butte Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in North Mountain Preserve near Canyon Village, AZ. It climbs 699 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
2.1 mi · ▲ 699 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Elevation 1,290–1,669 ft
Out & Back · North Mountain Preserve
Trailhead: 33.58935, -112.09551
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 102°F / low 82° · precip 6% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 376 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto #306 - Shaw Butte Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading SE.
- 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 SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:08 PM — 8 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 376 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- #306 - Shaw Butte Trail 2 mi · ▲ 698 ft
- #306 - Shaw Butte Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 675 ft
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail–#306 - Shaw Butte Trail, 3 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 1,107 ft
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