Along the Levee, Usery Mountain Regional Park, September 2015 - panoramio.jpg
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Crismon Wash Trail–Levee Trail, 3 sights is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Usery Mountain Regional Park near Desert Vista Estates III, AZ. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,759 – 1,873 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Crismon Wash Trail–Levee Trail, 3 sights

3.7 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 1,758–1,872 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 miSharp right onto Crismon Wash Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.5 miReach Levee Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.5 miSharp left onto Blevins Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.8 miTurn right onto Nighthawk Wash Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.5 miSharp left onto Levee Trail, heading SE.
  9. 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

66% dirt25% sand9% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:03 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~37 min). Leave by 5:52 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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