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Skyline Regional Park

Alternate & Tortuga via SOB

4.3 mi · ▲ 397 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Alternate & Tortuga via SOB is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Skyline Regional Park near Perryville, AZ. It climbs 397 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,237 – 1,536 ft4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tortuga 33.47408, -112.52947
Nearest town Perryville, AZ
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Alternate & Tortuga via SOB

4.3 mi · ▲ 397 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 1,237–1,536 ft

Out & Back · Skyline Regional Park

Trailhead: Tortuga · 33.47408, -112.52947

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:07 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Tortuga, heading N.
  2. 1.2 miTurn right onto Javelina Summit Trail, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Tortuga, heading NW.
  4. 0.6 miTurn right onto SOB, heading NE.
  5. 100 ftContinue straight onto Alternate, heading E.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto SOB, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miBear left onto SOB Cut, heading E.
  8. 250 ftTurn left onto SOB, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miReach Tortuga, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 500 ftTurn right onto SOB Cut, heading E.
  11. 250 ftBear right onto SOB, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miBear left onto Alternate, heading W.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto SOB, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tortuga, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right onto Javelina Summit Trail, heading S.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Tortuga, heading S.
  18. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/alternate-tortuga-out-back

Trail surface

84% dirt16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:07 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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