Bush Lite West & Lower Salt River Interpretive Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Fountain Hills, AZ. It is mostly level, with 137 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,335 – 1,486 ft5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: North Phon D Sutton Road 33.54659, -111.65628
Nearest town Fountain Hills, AZ
Directions
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Bush Lite West & Lower Salt River Interpretive Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 1,335–1,487 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: North Phon D Sutton Road · 33.54659, -111.65628
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto North Phon D Sutton Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left onto Lower Salt River Interpretive Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Bush Lite West, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Twisted Sister Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Lower Salt River Interpretive Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Bush Lite West, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Lower Salt River Interpretive Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto North Phon D Sutton Road, heading NE.
- 450 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
86% dirt14% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 6:50 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~63 min). Leave by 5:27 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
More from North Phon D Sutton Road Trailhead
- North Phon D Sutton Road Loop 2.6 mi · ▲ 321 ft
- North Phon D Sutton Road Loop 2.7 mi · ▲ 330 ft
- Lower Salt River Interpretive Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Lower Salt River Interpretive Trail 6 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Saguaro Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- Ridge Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 82 ft
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