Paradise Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 360 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Paradise Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near McDowell Mountain Ranch, AZ. It climbs 360 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Paradise Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 360 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 1,568–1,929 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.62744, -111.85485
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Mule Deer Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Quartz Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Paradise Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miReach Paradise Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Quartz Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Mule Deer Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:31 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:51 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:16 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Quartz Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Quartz Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 395 ft
- Quartz Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 389 ft
- Quartz Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 411 ft
- Taliesin Overlook–Mesquite Tree, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 506 ft
- Mesquite Tree–Javelina Trail, 3 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 411 ft
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