Cat's Peaks loop & Chain Fruit Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Cat's Peaks loop & Chain Fruit Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Usery Mountain Regional Park near Desert Vista Estates III, AZ. It is mostly level, with 164 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Cat's Peaks loop & Chain Fruit Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 1,813–1,963 ft
Out & Back · Usery Mountain Regional Park
Trailhead: Buckhorn Campground · 33.47394, -111.62163
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start on Buckhorn Campground, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Chain Fruit Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Blevins Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pass Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Cat's Peaks loop, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Cat Peaks Pass Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Chain Fruit Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cat's Peaks loop, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Pass Mountain Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Blevins Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Chain Fruit Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Buckhorn Campground, heading NW.
- 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 1.9 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 5:43 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
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