Skyline Regional Park

North Rainbow Road & Parking Lot Connector via Quartz Mine Trail

6.6 mi · ▲ 619 ft · 2 hr 31 min

North Rainbow Road & Parking Lot Connector via Quartz Mine Trail is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Skyline Regional Park near Valencia, AZ. It climbs 619 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,207 – 1,618 ft6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.47542, -112.55648
Nearest town Valencia, AZ

Directions

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North Rainbow Road & Parking Lot Connector via Quartz Mine Trail

6.6 mi · ▲ 619 ft · 2 hr 31 min

Elevation 1,208–1,617 ft

Out & Back · Skyline Regional Park

Trailhead: 33.47542, -112.55648

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:07 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Parking Lot Connector, heading NE.
  3. 350 ftContinue straight onto Quartz Mine Trail, heading E.
  4. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Javelina Summit Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  9. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  11. 0.3 miSharp left onto North Rainbow Road, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miReach Parking Lot Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  17. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 0.3 miBear left onto Javelina Summit Trail, heading NW.
  20. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Quartz Mine Trail, heading NW.
  21. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Parking Lot Connector, heading W.
  22. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  23. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

69% dirt31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:07 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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