Moon Rock Trail & Talon Trail via Pass Mountain Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Usery Mountain Regional Park near Desert Vista Estates III, AZ. It climbs 634 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,831 – 2,307 ft8.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.45997, -111.62461
Nearest town Desert Vista Estates III, AZ
Directions
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Moon Rock Trail & Talon Trail via Pass Mountain Trail
7.8 mi · ▲ 634 ft · 2 hr 55 min
Elevation 1,832–2,307 ft
Out & Back · Usery Mountain Regional Park
Trailhead: 33.45997, -111.62461
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 98°F / low 80° · precip 9% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Moon Rock Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Blevins Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pass Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 1.8 miSharp left onto Talon Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miReach Moon Rock Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miSharp right onto Pass Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Blevins Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Moon Rock Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
82% dirt18% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 98°F80°
Feels like94°Precip9%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity29%
Rained 0.1″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
100°80°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:50 PM
Sat
98°80°
Sun
100°78°
Mon
101°87°
Tue
102°90°
Wed
102°88°
33%
Thu
99°84°
29%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:28 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:06 PM — 9 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Blevins Trail–Moon Rock Trail, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Desert Hawk Trail & Lost Sheep Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 189 ft
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