Skyline Regional Park Sunset Point–Chuckwalla Trail, 6 sights
10.9 mi · ▲ 2,189 ft · 4 hr 44 min
Skyline Regional Park Sunset Point–Chuckwalla Trail, 6 sights is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Skyline Regional Park near Valencia, AZ. The route reaches Skyline Regional Park Sunset Point at the turnaround, 5.5 miles in. It climbs 2,189 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Skyline Regional Park Sunset Point–Chuckwalla Trail, 6 sights
10.9 mi · ▲ 2,189 ft · 4 hr 44 min
Elevation 1,341–2,122 ft
Out & Back · Skyline Regional Park
Trailhead: 33.47542, -112.55648
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:07 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Parking Lot Connector, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Quartz Mine Trail, heading E.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Skyline Crest Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Lost Creek, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Mountain Wash trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Turnbuckle trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Valley Vista trail, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Granite Falls Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Chuckwalla Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miReach Skyline Regional Park Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Granite Falls Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Valley Vista trail, heading E.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Turnbuckle trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Mountain Wash trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Lost Creek, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Skyline Crest Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Quartz Mine Trail, heading S.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Parking Lot Connector, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~110 min). Leave by 4:43 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lost Creek–Parking Lot Connector, 4 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 584 ft
- Alternate & Parking Lot Connector via Quartz Mine Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 486 ft
- Javelina Summit–Javelina Summit Trail, 3 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 1,177 ft
- Javelina Summit Trail–Lost Creek, 6 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 977 ft
- Parking Lot Connector & Tecate via Quartz Mine Trail 6 mi · ▲ 512 ft
- North Rainbow Road & Parking Lot Connector via Quartz Mine Trail 6.6 mi · ▲ 619 ft
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