Pass Mountain Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Usery Mountain Regional Park near Apache Junction, AZ. It is mostly level, with 135 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Pass Mountain Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 1,877–1,965 ft
Out & Back · Usery Mountain Regional Park
Trailhead: 33.46632, -111.58097
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 98°F / low 80° · precip 11% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pass Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Blevins Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miReach Pass Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pass Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 1.7 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 0.9 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:06 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Pass Mountain Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 838 ft
- Pass Mountain Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- Bulldog Saddle Trail & Bulldog Saddle Loop via Pass Mountain Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,202 ft
- South Cat Peak–Cat's Peaks loop, 5 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 278 ft
- Pass Mountain Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 334 ft
- Blevins Trail–Crismon Wash Trail, 3 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 218 ft
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