Chain Fruit Trail–Desert Hawk Trail, 3 sights is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Usery Mountain Regional Park near Desert Vista Estates III, AZ. It climbs 611 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,933 – 2,307 ft8.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Talon Trail 33.49503, -111.61692
Nearest town Desert Vista Estates III, AZ
Directions
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Chain Fruit Trail–Desert Hawk Trail, 3 sights
7.5 mi · ▲ 611 ft · 2 hr 48 min
Elevation 1,933–2,307 ft
Out & Back · Usery Mountain Regional Park
Trailhead: Talon Trail · 33.49503, -111.61692
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 97°F / low 79° · precip 8% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Talon Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miSharp right onto Pass Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Talon Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Chain Fruit Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Lost Sheep Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Desert Hawk Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 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 E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Chain Fruit Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Talon Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Pass Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Talon Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
84% dirt16% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 97°F79°
Feels like88°Precip8%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity30%
Rained 0.4″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:50 PM
Sat
98°80°
Sun
100°80°
Mon
99°85°
Tue
101°86°
Wed
101°83°
28%
Thu
97°78°
21%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 5:44 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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