#8 - Quartz Ridge Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 224 ft · 1 hr 25 min
#8 - Quartz Ridge Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Phoenix Mountains Preserve near Camelback Estates IV, AZ. It is mostly level, with 224 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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#8 - Quartz Ridge Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 224 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 1,406–1,639 ft
Out & Back · Phoenix Mountains Preserve
Trailhead: Tatum Boulevard Trailhead · 33.56471, -111.97823
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 100°F / low 80° · precip 5% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 354 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right onto #8 - Quartz Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 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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- Transit-accessible: stop 354 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Tatum Boulevard Trailhead Trailhead
- #8A - Quartz Ridge Trail & #8A 5 mi · ▲ 424 ft
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Viewpoint & Dreamy Draw Bikeway 5.9 mi · ▲ 366 ft
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