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Secret Trail via Saddle Trail is an 8.1-mile out-and-back near Sunshine Acres, AZ. It climbs 454 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,316 – 1,742 ft8.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lower Salt River Interpretive Trail 33.54533, -111.66100
Nearest town Sunshine Acres, AZ

Directions

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Secret Trail via Saddle Trail

8.1 mi · ▲ 454 ft · 2 hr 56 min

Elevation 1,316–1,741 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Lower Salt River Interpretive Trail · 33.54533, -111.66100

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lower Salt River Interpretive Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Saguaro Trail, heading S.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  6. 1.1 miSharp right onto Saddle Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Secret Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Upper Secret Trail, heading E.
  9. 150 ftReach Secret Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 150 ftTurn left onto Secret Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Saddle Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  13. 1.1 miBear right onto Saguaro Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 2 miTurn left onto Lower Salt River Interpretive Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.3 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

68% dirt32% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 6:50 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~59 min). Leave by 5:30 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

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