Pass Mountain–Chain Fruit Trail, 4 sights
8.4 mi · ▲ 1,568 ft · 3 hr 35 min
Pass Mountain–Chain Fruit Trail, 4 sights is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Usery Mountain Regional Park near Desert Vista Estates III, AZ. The route reaches Pass Mountain at the turnaround, 4.2 miles in. It climbs 1,568 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pass Mountain–Chain Fruit Trail, 4 sights
8.4 mi · ▲ 1,568 ft · 3 hr 35 min
Elevation 1,933–3,299 ft
Out & Back · Usery Mountain Regional Park
Trailhead: Lost Sheep Trail · 33.48101, -111.62052
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lost Sheep Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Chain Fruit Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Buckhorn Campground, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Chain Fruit Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Talon Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Pass Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Pass Mountain Summmit Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miReach Pass Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Pass Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Talon Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Chain Fruit Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Buckhorn Campground, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Chain Fruit Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lost Sheep Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 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 3.6 mi in (~103 min). Leave by 4:47 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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