Spook Hill Floodway Stilling Basin–Goat Trail, 8 sights
14.2 mi · ▲ 2,622 ft · 6 hr 3 min
Spook Hill Floodway Stilling Basin–Goat Trail, 8 sights is a 14.2-mile out-and-back near Desert Vista Estates III, AZ. The route reaches Spook Hill Floodway Stilling Basin at the turnaround, 7 miles in. It climbs 2,622 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Spook Hill Floodway Stilling Basin–Goat Trail, 8 sights
14.2 mi · ▲ 2,622 ft · 6 hr 3 min
Elevation 1,319–2,644 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.50356, -111.61816
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 99°F / low 80° · precip 3% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Rattler, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Maricopa Madness, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn right onto Wild Horse Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Jumping Jack's Cut, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Pure O, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto NRA All Mountain Party D, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pure O, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto NRA All Mountain Party E, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Iron Goat Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Iron Spine, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Iron Goat Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Goat Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Red Mountain Rush, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Twisted Sister Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Saguaro Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miReach Spook Hill Floodway Stilling Basin, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Twisted Sister Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miBear right onto Red Mountain Rush, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Goat Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Iron Goat Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Iron Spine, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Iron Goat Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto NRA All Mountain Party E, heading E.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Pure O, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto NRA All Mountain Party D, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Pure O, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Jumping Jack's Cut, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Wild Horse Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Maricopa Madness, heading NE.
- 1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto MT-3554, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~108 min). Leave by 4:40 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bull Run–Maricopa Trail, 4 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 339 ft
- Jumping Jack's Cut–Maricopa Madness, 3 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 270 ft
- Maricopa Madness–NRA All Mountain Party D, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 651 ft
- Pass Mountain–Maricopa Trail, 4 sights 4 mi · ▲ 1,298 ft
- L'Alpe D'Huez Trail–Maricopa Madness, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 453 ft
- Lone Mountain Trail & MT-3554 7.9 mi · ▲ 800 ft
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