Parking Lot Connector & Tecate via Quartz Mine Trail
6 mi · ▲ 512 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Parking Lot Connector & Tecate via Quartz Mine Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Skyline Regional Park near Valencia, AZ. It climbs 512 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,342 – 1,618 ft6.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.47542, -112.55648
Nearest town Valencia, AZ
Directions
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Parking Lot Connector & Tecate via Quartz Mine Trail
6 mi · ▲ 512 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Elevation 1,341–1,617 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Parking Lot Connector, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Quartz Mine Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Javelina Summit Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left onto Tortuga, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Skyline D-Track, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftBear right onto Tecate, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Parking Lot Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Skyline D-Track, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Tortuga, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Javelina Summit Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Quartz Mine Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Parking Lot Connector, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
63% dirt37% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:07 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lost Creek–Parking Lot Connector, 4 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 584 ft
- Alternate & Parking Lot Connector via Quartz Mine Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 486 ft
- Javelina Summit–Javelina Summit Trail, 3 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 1,177 ft
- Javelina Summit Trail–Lost Creek, 6 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 977 ft
- North Rainbow Road & Parking Lot Connector via Quartz Mine Trail 6.6 mi · ▲ 619 ft
- Alternate–Lost Creek, 7 sights 7 mi · ▲ 1,026 ft
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