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Channel Trail–Levee Trail, 4 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Usery Mountain Regional Park near Desert Vista Estates III, AZ. It is mostly level, with 57 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,759 – 1,828 ft3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Spillway Trail 33.45200, -111.59696
Nearest town Desert Vista Estates III, AZ

Directions

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Channel Trail–Levee Trail, 4 sights

3.1 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 1 hr 4 min

Elevation 1,758–1,826 ft

Out & Back · Usery Mountain Regional Park

Trailhead: Spillway Trail · 33.45200, -111.59696

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

  1. Start on Levee Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right onto Nighthawk Wash Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left onto Blevins Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Moon Rock Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Levee Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Channel Trail, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 1 miSharp right onto Nighthawk Wash Trail, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftSharp left onto Levee Trail, heading SW.
  10. 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.

Trail surface

79% dirt21% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:03 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:15 PM — 0 min before dark.

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