Skunk Creek Trail
8.7 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 2 hr 56 min
Skunk Creek Trail is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Thunderbird Paseo Park near Woodridge VI, 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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Skunk Creek Trail
8.7 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 2 hr 56 min
Elevation 1,181–1,284 ft
Out & Back · Thunderbird Paseo Park
Trailhead: 33.65602, -112.17758
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 102°F / low 84° · precip 3% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:06 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 199 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Skunk Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Arizona Diversion Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Skunk Creek Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Arizona Diversion Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Skunk Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 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 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:09 PM — 8 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 199 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Skunk Creek Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Skunk Creek Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Skunk Creek Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Skunk Creek Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Skunk Creek Trail 7.3 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Skunk Creek Trail 7.3 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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