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Bluff Spring Trail #235 & Terrapin Trail #234 via Dutchman Trail #104 is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Gold Camp, AZ. It climbs 1,082 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,408 – 3,183 ft · steepest grade: 23%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Dutchman Trailhead 33.39764, -111.34806
Nearest town Gold Camp, AZ

Directions

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Bluff Spring Trail #235 & Terrapin Trail #234 via Dutchman Trail #104

4.5 mi · ▲ 1,082 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Elevation 2,407–3,184 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Dutchman Trailhead · 33.39764, -111.34806

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 94°F / low 78° · precip 10% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 6:48 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Dutchman Trail #104, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bluff Spring Trail #235, heading NE.
  3. 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 1.6 miBear right onto Terrapin Trail #234, heading N.
  5. 50 ftReach Bluff Spring Trail #235, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Bluff Spring Trail #235, heading N.
  7. 1.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Dutchman Trail #104, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 94°F78°
Feels like90°Precip10%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity28%
Rained 0.1″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
95°75°
Sunrise 6:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:48 PM
Sat 96°77°
Sun 96°76°
Mon 96°83°
Tue 99°83°
Wed 100°82° 35%
Thu 96°75° 28%

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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