Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area
Rio Salado Pathway via Salt River Shore
10.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Rio Salado Pathway via Salt River Shore is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area near Villa Monte Vista, AZ. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Rio Salado Pathway via Salt River Shore
10.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Elevation 1,060–1,151 ft
Out & Back · Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area
Trailhead: 33.41637, -112.04699
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 102°F / low 84° · precip 8% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Salt River Shore, heading NE.
- 1.6 miSharp left, heading E.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Rio Salado Pathway, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miReach Rio Salado Pathway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Salt River Shore, heading W.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
- 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 1.0 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 6:06 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Demonstration Wetland–South Overbank Trail, 3 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Salt River Shore 8.4 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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