Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail
8.7 mi · ▲ 468 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Preserve near Laveen, AZ. It climbs 468 ft. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail
8.7 mi · ▲ 468 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Elevation 1,024–1,343 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain Preserve
Trailhead: 33.33405, -112.14624
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 103°F / low 83° · precip 4% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:06 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Ma-Ha-Tuak Connector, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto National Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Maricopa Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Maricopa/Sun Circle Trail, heading W.
- 2.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 2.3 miBear left onto Maricopa Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto National Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Ma-Ha-Tuak Connector, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail, heading N.
- 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 2.2 mi in (~58 min). Leave by 5:32 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 252 ft
- West Alta via Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 489 ft
- Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 316 ft
- Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 335 ft
- National Trail 7 mi · ▲ 672 ft
- National Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 1,369 ft
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