Crosscut Canal Multi-use Path
2.2 mi · ▲ 286 ft · 53 min
Crosscut Canal Multi-use Path is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Papago Park - Tempe near Marlborough Park, AZ. It climbs 286 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Crosscut Canal Multi-use Path
2.2 mi · ▲ 286 ft · 53 min
Elevation 1,181–1,314 ft
Out & Back · Papago Park - Tempe
Trailhead: 33.43883, -111.93860
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Transit-accessible: Curry Rd & Mill Av stop 415 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 500 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crosscut Canal Multi-use Path, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Crosscut Canal Multi-use Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 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 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:28 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:09 PM — 7 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Curry Rd & Mill Av stop 415 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Mandrill–Rhino, 5 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 173 ft
- Porcupine–Desert Tents, 4 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 145 ft
- Papago Ponds & Nature Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 170 ft
- Tempe Town Lake–Indian Bend Canal, 4 lakes 3.1 mi · ▲ 173 ft
- Indian Bend Canal & Papago Ponds via 5k Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 490 ft
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