Javelina Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 285 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Javelina Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back near McDowell Mountain Ranch, AZ. It climbs 285 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Javelina Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 285 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 1,549–1,861 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.61985, -111.85642
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 102°F / low 82° · precip 4% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Javelina Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.5 miReach Javelina Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Taliesin Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Javelina Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Taliesin Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Javelina Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:21 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:11 PM — 3 min before dark.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
More from this trailhead
- Quartz Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Taliesin Trail Loop via Quartz Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 438 ft
- Javelina Trail & Taliesin Trail Loop 5.4 mi · ▲ 528 ft
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