Pass Mountain Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Usery Mountain Regional Park near Apache Junction, AZ. It climbs 334 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,883 – 2,116 ft5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.46632, -111.58097
Nearest town Apache Junction, AZ
Directions
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Pass Mountain Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 334 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Elevation 1,885–2,116 ft
Out & Back · Usery Mountain Regional Park
Trailhead: 33.46632, -111.58097
Weather Sep 4: 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.
- 2.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 2.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
93% dirt7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:03 AMSunset 6:49 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~56 min). Leave by 5:33 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Pass Mountain Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 838 ft
- Pass Mountain Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 135 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
- Blevins Trail–Crismon Wash Trail, 3 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 218 ft
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