Spook Hill Floodway Stilling Basin via Lower Salt River Interpretive Trail
8.6 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 2 hr 58 min
Spook Hill Floodway Stilling Basin via Lower Salt River Interpretive Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back near Las Alegres, AZ. The route reaches Spook Hill Floodway Stilling Basin at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 189 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Spook Hill Floodway Stilling Basin via Lower Salt River Interpretive Trail
8.6 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 2 hr 58 min
Elevation 1,316–1,477 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.54396, -111.63536
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 100°F / low 83° · precip 6% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Lower Salt River Interpretive Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 2 miReach Spook Hill Floodway Stilling Basin, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
- 1.1 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 3.7 mi in (~89 min). Leave by 5:00 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- North Phon D Sutton Road Loop 4.1 mi · ▲ 352 ft
- Lower Salt River Interpretive Trail Loop 4.2 mi · ▲ 368 ft
- Raccoon Bluff–Granite Reef Dam Road (Closed) Loop, 3 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 369 ft
- Bush Lite West 6 mi · ▲ 243 ft
- Bush Lite West 6.6 mi · ▲ 269 ft
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