Rio Vista Pond via Skunk Creek Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Rio Vista Pond via Skunk Creek Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Thunderbird Paseo Park near Lexington Place, AZ. The route reaches Rio Vista Pond at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Rio Vista Pond via Skunk Creek Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 1,160–1,220 ft
Out & Back · Thunderbird Paseo Park
Trailhead: 33.63482, -112.21826
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 104°F / low 83° · precip 2% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:06 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: 14369 stop 379 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Skunk Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Arizona Diversion Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Skunk Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Rio Vista Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Arizona Diversion Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Skunk Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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 2.3 mi in (~55 min). Leave by 5:37 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 14369 stop 379 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Skunk Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Skunk Creek Trail 2 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Skunk Creek Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Skunk Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Skunk Creek Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Arizona Diversion Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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