Lake Pleasant–Cow Creek Road, 3 sights
15.8 mi · ▲ 860 ft · 5 hr 42 min
Lake Pleasant–Cow Creek Road, 3 sights is a 15.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Pleasant Regional Park near Casa Rosa, AZ. The route reaches Lake Pleasant. It climbs 860 ft. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Lake Pleasant–Cow Creek Road, 3 sights
15.8 mi · ▲ 860 ft · 5 hr 42 min
Elevation 1,684–2,031 ft
Out & Back · Lake Pleasant Regional Park
Trailhead: 33.96540, -112.31248
Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 98°F / low 77° · precip 4% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:06 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Two Shoes Ranch Road, heading E.
- 2.6 miPass Lake Pleasant.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Cow Creek Road, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 3.5 miReach Lake Pleasant, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.6 miTurn left onto Two Shoes Ranch Road, heading SW.
- 2.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 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 6.2 mi in (~162 min). Leave by 3:51 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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