Quartz Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 49 min
Quartz Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back near McDowell Mountain Ranch, AZ. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Quartz Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 49 min
Elevation 1,541–1,651 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.62292, -111.86137
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 100°F / low 83° · precip 5% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Quartz Trail, heading N.
- 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 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
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:30 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:51 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:16 PM.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Paradise Trail via Quartz Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 388 ft
- Javelina Trail & Taliesin Trail Loop 4.7 mi · ▲ 438 ft
- Quartz Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 438 ft
- Taliesin Overlook–Lost Dog Wash Trail, 3 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 557 ft
- 104th Street Spur–Levee trail, 3 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 548 ft
- Quartz Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 1,099 ft
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