Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area
Boca Grande Trail & Elephant Mountain Trail via Spur Cross Trail
11.5 mi · ▲ 999 ft · 4 hr 20 min
Boca Grande Trail & Elephant Mountain Trail via Spur Cross Trail is an 11.5-mile out-and-back in Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area near Cave Creek, AZ. It climbs 999 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Boca Grande Trail & Elephant Mountain Trail via Spur Cross Trail
11.5 mi · ▲ 999 ft · 4 hr 20 min
Elevation 2,229–2,769 ft
Out & Back · Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area
Trailhead: 33.86451, -112.01135
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Maricopa Trail, heading E.
- 2.6 miContinue straight onto Elephant Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Spur Cross Trail, heading N.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Boca Grande Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miReach Elephant Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Spur Cross Trail, heading W.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Elephant Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Spur Cross Trail, heading S.
- 2.6 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 5:48 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:45 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Maricopa Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Rockway Hill via Maricopa Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Maricopa Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 309 ft
- Spur Cross Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 387 ft
- Maricopa Trail 7.3 mi · ▲ 386 ft
- Maricopa Trail 9.6 mi · ▲ 873 ft
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