Bumper Boats & Splash Down
4.8 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Bumper Boats & Splash Down is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Cave Creek Park - Cholla near Canyon Village, AZ. The route passes Splash Down before reaching Bumper Boats at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bumper Boats & Splash Down
4.8 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 1,209–1,285 ft
Out & Back · Cave Creek Park - Cholla
Trailhead: 33.60358, -112.10954
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 103°F / low 82° · precip 6% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 784 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 500 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Splash Down.
- 300 ftReach Bumper Boats, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 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 1.4 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 5:57 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 784 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
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