Skunk Creek Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 39 min
Skunk Creek Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Thunderbird Paseo Park near Lexington Place, AZ. It is mostly level, with 26 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
1.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 39 min
Elevation 1,188–1,220 ft
Out & Back · Thunderbird Paseo Park
Trailhead: 33.63482, -112.21826
Weather Sep 4: 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 right onto Skunk Creek Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Arizona Diversion Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Skunk Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 6:28 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:11 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 14369 stop 379 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- 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
- Arizona Diversion Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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