Flat Rock & Maricopa Trail
14.4 mi · ▲ 1,459 ft · 5 hr 32 min
Flat Rock & Maricopa Trail is a 14.4-mile out-and-back in Cave Creek Regional Park near Cave Creek, AZ. It climbs 1,459 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Flat Rock & Maricopa Trail
14.4 mi · ▲ 1,459 ft · 5 hr 32 min
Elevation 2,144–2,539 ft
Out & Back · Cave Creek Regional Park
Trailhead: 33.86451, -112.01135
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 95°F / low 77° · precip 6% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Maricopa Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 2.5 miBear left onto Go John Trail, heading S.
- 2.4 miTurn left onto Quartz Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Flat Rock, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Slate Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftReach Maricopa Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Flat Rock, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Quartz Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Go John Trail, heading S.
- 2.4 miBear right onto Maricopa Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 2.9 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miArrive 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 1.2 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 5:58 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Maricopa Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Rockway Hill via Maricopa Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Maricopa Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 309 ft
- Spur Cross Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 387 ft
- Maricopa Trail 7.3 mi · ▲ 386 ft
- Maricopa Trail 9.6 mi · ▲ 873 ft
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