Oro Vista Loop
8.9 mi · ▲ 732 ft · 3 hr 20 min
Oro Vista Loop is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Peralta Regional Park near Gold Canyon, AZ. It climbs 732 ft. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Oro Vista Loop
8.9 mi · ▲ 732 ft · 3 hr 20 min
Elevation 1,931–2,275 ft
Out & Back · Peralta Regional Park
Trailhead: 33.35491, -111.40036
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 97°F / low 81° · precip 10% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto East Peralta Road, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Oro Vista Loop, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto East Peralta Road, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 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 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 6:49 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:14 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Lost Goldmine Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 390 ft
- Lost Goldmine Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 387 ft
- East Peralta Road 7.3 mi · ▲ 407 ft
- Lost Goldmine Trail 10.6 mi · ▲ 637 ft
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