Splash Down & Bumper Boats
4.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Splash Down & Bumper Boats is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Cave Creek Park - Cholla near Canyon Village, AZ. The route passes Splash Down before reaching Bumper Boats at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Splash Down & Bumper Boats
4.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Elevation 1,209–1,277 ft
Out & Back · Cave Creek Park - Cholla
Trailhead: 33.59642, -112.11175
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 77 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Splash Down.
- 50 ftPass Bumper Boats.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Splash Down, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive 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 0.9 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 6:10 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 77 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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