Lehi Loop Shared Use Path & Maricopa Trail
12.4 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 4 hr 12 min
Lehi Loop Shared Use Path & Maricopa Trail is a 12.4-mile out-and-back near Sunshine Acres, AZ. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lehi Loop Shared Use Path & Maricopa Trail
12.4 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 4 hr 12 min
Elevation 1,286–1,433 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.49526, -111.69940
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 102°F / low 82° · precip 3% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 5.1 miTurn right onto Lehi Loop Shared Use Path, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Maricopa Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Maricopa Trail, heading E.
- 5.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:29 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:49 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:14 PM.
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- Lehi Trail & Maricopa Trail 14.8 mi · ▲ 137 ft
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