Javelina Summit & Javelina Summit Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Skyline Regional Park near Perryville, AZ. The route reaches Javelina Summit at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 836 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Javelina Summit & Javelina Summit Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 836 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Elevation 1,443–2,193 ft
Out & Back · Skyline Regional Park
Trailhead: 33.49370, -112.53208
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 100°F / low 80° · precip 2% · wind 15 mph · sunrise 6:07 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Skyline D-Track, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Tortuga, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Javelina Summit Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miReach Javelina Summit, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right onto Tortuga, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Skyline D-Track, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 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 2.4 mi in (~81 min). Leave by 5:13 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Skyline D-Track 3.6 mi · ▲ 273 ft
- Quartz Mine Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 273 ft
- Lost Creek & Skyline D-Track 4.4 mi · ▲ 903 ft
- Tortuga 5.3 mi · ▲ 448 ft
- North Rainbow Road via Skyline D-Track 6.7 mi · ▲ 360 ft
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