Chain Fruit Trail–Desert Hawk Trail, 3 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 325 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Chain Fruit Trail–Desert Hawk Trail, 3 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Usery Mountain Regional Park near Desert Vista Estates III, AZ. It climbs 325 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Chain Fruit Trail–Desert Hawk Trail, 3 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 325 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 1,933–2,116 ft
Out & Back · Usery Mountain Regional Park
Trailhead: Wind Cave Trailhead · 33.47416, -111.60727
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Pass Mountain Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Talon Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Chain Fruit Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Buckhorn Campground, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Chain Fruit Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lost Sheep Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Desert Hawk Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Talon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Lost Sheep Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Chain Fruit Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Buckhorn Campground, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Chain Fruit Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Talon Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Pass Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:29 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:49 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:15 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Wind Cave Trailhead Trailhead
- Blevins Trail 2 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- Pass Mountain Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 314 ft
- Pass Mountain Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Pass Mountain Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Pass Mountain Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Chain Fruit Trail & Talon Trail Loop via Pass Mountain Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 216 ft
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