Maricopa Trail & Talon Trail via Pass Mountain Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 569 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Maricopa Trail & Talon Trail via Pass Mountain Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Usery Mountain Regional Park near Desert Vista Estates III, AZ. It climbs 569 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Maricopa Trail & Talon Trail via Pass Mountain Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 569 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 1,988–2,376 ft
Out & Back · Usery Mountain Regional Park
Trailhead: 33.47435, -111.61254
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 97°F / low 80° · precip 10% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Talon Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Pass Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Maricopa Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Rattler, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Maricopa Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rattler, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Maricopa Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Talon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rattler, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Maricopa Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Rattler, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Maricopa Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pass Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Talon Trail, heading S.
- 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 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 6:50 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:15 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Pass Mountain Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 331 ft
- Pass Mountain Trail 4 mi · ▲ 332 ft
- Talon Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 469 ft
- Chain Fruit Trail–Noso Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 305 ft
- Cat's Peaks loop–Chain Fruit Trail Loop, 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 299 ft
- South Cat Peak & Cat's Peaks loop via Pass Mountain Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 445 ft
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