Skyline Regional Park

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

  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 miSharp left, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  7. 300 ftBear left onto Tortuga, heading N.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right onto Skyline D-Track, heading N.
  9. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  10. 400 ftBear right onto Tecate, heading N.
  11. 50 ftReach Parking Lot Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  13. 400 ftTurn right onto Skyline D-Track, heading N.
  14. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Tortuga, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  17. 300 ftSharp left, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miSharp right onto Javelina Summit Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Quartz Mine Trail, heading NW.
  20. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Parking Lot Connector, heading W.
  21. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

63% dirt37% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:07 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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