Beacon Hill Trail & Ridgeline Trail via Javelina Canyon Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 896 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Beacon Hill Trail & Ridgeline Trail via Javelina Canyon Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Preserve near Burgundy Hill, AZ. It climbs 896 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Beacon Hill Trail & Ridgeline Trail via Javelina Canyon Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 896 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 1,364–1,878 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain Preserve
Trailhead: National Trail · 33.36283, -111.98629
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 103°F / low 85° · precip 6% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto PCL to Beacon, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Beacon Hill Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Pima Canyon Loop, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Ridgeline Connector, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Ridgeline Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Javelina Canyon Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach Beacon Hill Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Ridgeline Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Ridgeline Connector, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pima Canyon Loop, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Beacon Hill Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto PCL to Beacon, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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