Calderwood Butte Nature Preserve
Maricopa Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Maricopa Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Calderwood Butte Nature Preserve near Vistancia, AZ. It climbs 557 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Maricopa Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 1,236–1,544 ft
Out & Back · Calderwood Butte Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 33.73071, -112.27345
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 100°F / low 81° · precip 6% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:07 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right onto Maricopa Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miReach Maricopa Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 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 0.3 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:21 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:12 PM — 4 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Calderwood Butte 1.1 mi · ▲ 324 ft
- Maricopa Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 530 ft
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