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Blevins Trail–Crismon Wash Trail, 3 sights is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Usery Mountain Regional Park near Apache Junction, AZ. It is mostly level, with 218 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,824 – 1,965 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.46632, -111.58097
Nearest town Apache Junction, AZ

Directions

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Blevins Trail–Crismon Wash Trail, 3 sights

6.2 mi · ▲ 218 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Elevation 1,825–1,965 ft

Out & Back · Usery Mountain Regional Park

Trailhead: 33.46632, -111.58097

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pass Mountain Trail, heading S.
  3. 1.6 miTurn right onto Blevins Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left onto Crismon Wash Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.5 miReach Pass Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right onto Blevins Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Pass Mountain Trail, heading E.
  10. 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

76% dirt15% sand9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:03 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 6:05 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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