Saddle Trail & Secret Trail via Saguaro Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 733 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Saddle Trail & Secret Trail via Saguaro Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back near Sunshine Acres, AZ. It climbs 733 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Saddle Trail & Secret Trail via Saguaro Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 733 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Elevation 1,328–1,931 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Maricopa Trail Trailhead · 33.51750, -111.67421
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Saguaro Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Saddle Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Hawes Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Magic Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Upper Secret Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Secret Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Saddle Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Saguaro Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:08 PM — 7 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Maricopa Trail Trailhead 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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