Red Mountain & The Cut via Saguaro Trail
4 mi · ▲ 427 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Red Mountain & The Cut via Saguaro Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back near Sunshine Acres, AZ. It climbs 427 ft. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Red Mountain & The Cut via Saguaro Trail
4 mi · ▲ 427 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 1,328–1,699 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.51716, -111.67408
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 103°F / low 83° · precip 3% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Saguaro Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto The Cut, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hawes Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Red Mountain, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach The Cut, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Hawes Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto The Cut, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Saguaro Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 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 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:06 PM — 7 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Ridge Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Ridge Trail 2 mi · ▲ 58 ft
- Hawes Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Hawes Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 203 ft
- Saddle Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 450 ft
- Saddle Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 451 ft
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