Skunk Creek Trail
2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 41 min
Skunk Creek Trail is a 2-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
2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 41 min
Elevation 1,188–1,221 ft
Out & Back · Thunderbird Paseo Park
Trailhead: 33.63842, -112.21472
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:06 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: stop 71 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Arizona Diversion Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Skunk Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 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 0.3 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:16 PM — 1 min before dark.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Transit-accessible: stop 71 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Skunk Creek Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Skunk Creek Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Skunk Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Skunk Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Skunk Creek Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Arizona Diversion Trail 3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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