Spook Hill Floodway Stilling Basin–Bush Lite Loop, 4 sights is a 13.3-mile out-and-back near Fort McDowell, AZ. The route reaches Spook Hill Floodway Stilling Basin at the turnaround, 6.6 miles in. It climbs 439 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,316 – 1,595 ft13.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.55343, -111.62279
Nearest town Fort McDowell, AZ
Directions
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Spook Hill Floodway Stilling Basin–Bush Lite Loop, 4 sights
13.3 mi · ▲ 439 ft · 4 hr 39 min
Elevation 1,316–1,594 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.55343, -111.62279
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Bush Lite, heading SW.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Bush Lite Loop, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Bush Lite West, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.8 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.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Bush Lite Loop, heading NE.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Bush Lite, heading NE.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Scorpion Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:03 AMSunset 6:50 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.0 mi in (~152 min). Leave by 3:58 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Scorpion Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Scorpion Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 218 ft
- Scorpion Trail 6.5 mi · ▲ 492 ft
- Scorpion Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 492 ft
- L'Alpe D'Huez Trail & Scorpion Trail 8.1 mi · ▲ 745 ft
- Bush Lite–Scorpion Trail, 3 sights 8.6 mi · ▲ 464 ft
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