Cat's Peaks loop–Chain Fruit Trail Loop, 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 299 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Cat's Peaks loop–Chain Fruit Trail Loop, 3 sights is a 5-mile loop in Usery Mountain Regional Park near Desert Vista Estates III, AZ. It climbs 299 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Cat's Peaks loop–Chain Fruit Trail Loop, 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 299 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 1,824–2,116 ft
Loop · Usery Mountain Regional Park
Trailhead: 33.47435, -111.61254
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 97°F / low 80° · precip 10% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Talon Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Pass Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Cat's Peaks loop, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Blevins Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Chain Fruit Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Talon Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miThe loop closes 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 1.0 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 6:02 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Pass Mountain Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 331 ft
- Pass Mountain Trail 4 mi · ▲ 332 ft
- Maricopa Trail & Talon Trail via Pass Mountain Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 569 ft
- Talon Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 469 ft
- Chain Fruit Trail–Noso Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 305 ft
- South Cat Peak & Cat's Peaks loop via Pass Mountain Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 445 ft
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