Trail 100B Viewpoint–#100 - Charles M. Christiansen Viewpoint, 4 sights
7 mi · ▲ 520 ft · 2 hr 36 min
Trail 100B Viewpoint–#100 - Charles M. Christiansen Viewpoint, 4 sights is a 7-mile out-and-back in Phoenix Mountains Preserve near Heritage Highlands, AZ. The route passes #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Viewpoint before reaching Trail 100B Viewpoint at the turnaround, 3.5 miles in. It climbs 520 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Trail 100B Viewpoint–#100 - Charles M. Christiansen Viewpoint, 4 sights
7 mi · ▲ 520 ft · 2 hr 36 min
Elevation 1,348–1,611 ft
Out & Back · Phoenix Mountains Preserve
Trailhead: 33.58572, -112.08343
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 103°F / low 82° · precip 3% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:06 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto #306 - Shaw Butte Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto #306 - Shaw Butte Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.9 miPass #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Viewpoint.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Trail 100B Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto #306 - Shaw Butte Trail, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto #306 - Shaw Butte Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Shaw Butte & Trail 306 Viewpoint via #306 - Shaw Butte Trail 2 mi · ▲ 814 ft
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail–Cliffhugger, 3 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 507 ft
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Viewpoint–#100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, 5 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 1,969 ft
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