#60 - Nature Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 290 ft · 55 min
#60 - Nature Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in North Mountain Preserve near Sunnyslope, AZ. It climbs 290 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,322 – 1,496 ft2.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.57657, -112.07593
Nearest town Sunnyslope, AZ
Directions
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#60 - Nature Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 290 ft · 55 min
Elevation 1,323–1,496 ft
Out & Back · North Mountain Preserve
Trailhead: 33.57657, -112.07593
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 580 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto #60 - Nature Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto #60 - Nature Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
42% dirt58% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 6:51 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:08 PM — 9 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 580 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- #60 - Nature Trail 2 mi · ▲ 262 ft
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail & East Point Drop 5.6 mi · ▲ 563 ft
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