Bajada Trail & Ranger Trail
9.5 mi · ▲ 861 ft · 3 hr 36 min
Bajada Trail & Ranger Trail is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Preserve near La Montana del Sur, AZ. It climbs 861 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Bajada Trail & Ranger Trail
9.5 mi · ▲ 861 ft · 3 hr 36 min
Elevation 1,295–1,703 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain Preserve
Trailhead: 33.35236, -112.07624
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Las Lomitas Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Ranger Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Las Lomitas Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Ranger Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Bajada Trail, heading S.
- 3.4 miReach Ranger Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.4 miBear left onto Ranger Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Las Lomitas Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Ranger Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Las Lomitas Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.6 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.7 mi in (~128 min). Leave by 4:23 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Las Lomitas Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Las Lomitas Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 115 ft
- Max Delta Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 141 ft
- Las Lomitas Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 223 ft
- Judith Tunnell Challenge Trail & Max Delta Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 225 ft
- Judith Tunnell Accessible Trail–Judith Tunnell Challenge Trail Loop, 4 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 204 ft
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