Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail
8.9 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 3 hr 7 min
Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Preserve near Komatke, AZ. It climbs 300 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail
8.9 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 3 hr 7 min
Elevation 1,036–1,299 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain Preserve
Trailhead: 33.31952, -112.17717
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 104°F / low 84° · precip 4% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:07 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Maricopa/Sun Circle Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miBear left onto Maricopa Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto National Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Maricopa Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Maricopa/Sun Circle Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.9 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 2.3 mi in (~58 min). Leave by 5:32 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Maricopa/Sun Circle Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- South 59th Avenue via Maricopa/Sun Circle Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Maricopa/Sun Circle Trail 5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 190 ft
- Maricopa/Sun Circle Trail 9.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- National Trail 13.6 mi · ▲ 1,362 ft
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