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Skyline Regional Park

Skyline Regional Park Sunset Point–Chuckwalla Trail, 6 sights

11.6 mi · ▲ 2,111 ft · 4 hr 55 min

Skyline Regional Park Sunset Point–Chuckwalla Trail, 6 sights is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in Skyline Regional Park near Perryville, AZ. The route reaches Skyline Regional Park Sunset Point at the turnaround, 5.8 miles in. It climbs 2,111 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,237 – 2,123 ft · steepest grade: 34%12.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tortuga 33.47408, -112.52947
Nearest town Perryville, AZ
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Skyline Regional Park Sunset Point–Chuckwalla Trail, 6 sights

11.6 mi · ▲ 2,111 ft · 4 hr 55 min

Elevation 1,237–2,122 ft

Out & Back · Skyline Regional Park

Trailhead: Tortuga · 33.47408, -112.52947

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:07 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Tortuga, heading N.
  2. 1.2 miTurn right onto Javelina Summit Trail, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Tortuga, heading NW.
  4. 0.6 miSharp left onto SOB, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Lost Creek, heading SW.
  6. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miSharp right onto Mountain Wash trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miSharp right onto Turnbuckle trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Valley Vista trail, heading S.
  10. 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
  11. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Granite Falls Trail, heading S.
  12. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Chuckwalla Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  15. 0.6 miReach Skyline Regional Park Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 1.5 miTurn right onto Granite Falls Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.5 miTurn left onto Valley Vista trail, heading NE.
  18. 400 ftContinue straight onto Turnbuckle trail, heading S.
  19. 0.5 miSharp left onto Mountain Wash trail, heading SE.
  20. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right onto Lost Creek, heading SE.
  22. 0.8 miTurn right onto SOB, heading E.
  23. 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
  24. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tortuga, heading SE.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right onto Javelina Summit Trail, heading S.
  26. 50 ftTurn left onto Tortuga, heading S.
  27. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/skyline-regional-park-sunset-point-chuckwalla-trail-out-back-6-sights-19-km

Trail surface

69% dirt31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:07 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.7 mi in (~121 min). Leave by 4:33 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:45 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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