Basalt Trail & Palisade Trail via Circumference Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 446 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Basalt Trail & Palisade Trail via Circumference Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Deem Hills Recreation Area near Parkview Estates, AZ. It climbs 446 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Basalt Trail & Palisade Trail via Circumference Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 446 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 1,481–1,842 ft
Out & Back · Deem Hills Recreation Area
Trailhead: 33.72995, -112.16847
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 99°F / low 82° · precip 3% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:06 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Circumference Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Basalt Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Palisade/Basalt Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Palisade Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Basalt Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Circumference Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Palisade Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Basalt Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Circumference Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Basalt Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Palisade Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Palisade/Basalt Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right onto Basalt Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Circumference Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 6:05 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Circumference Trail Loop 2.6 mi · ▲ 287 ft
- Circumference Trail Loop 2.8 mi · ▲ 301 ft
- Circumference Trail Loop 2.9 mi · ▲ 301 ft
- Circumference Trail Loop 2.9 mi · ▲ 301 ft
- CAP Road Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 221 ft
- New River Trail 8.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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