Wildest hikes in Arizona
The highest Ambleway Wildness scores in the catalog: the routes that stay farthest from roads, industry, and development.
These are the 25 wildest hikes Ambleway has measured in Arizona, from 99% wild at the top of the board to 95% wild at the bottom. They run from 4.5 to 16 miles. The biggest climb on the board is Bluff Spring–Crystal Spring, 7 sights, gaining 4,048 ft.
- Cane Spring via Cottonwood 4.5 mi · ▲ 951 ft · 99% wild
- Willow Spring–Little Saddle Trail #224, 3 sights 15.8 mi · ▲ 2,072 ft · 97% wild
- El Oso Road & Jolene via Edward's Park 10.6 mi · ▲ 1,577 ft · 97% wild
- Big Pine Spring–Big Pine Flat, 5 sights 16 mi · ▲ 4,019 ft · 96% wild
- Red Tanks Trail #107 & Whiskey Spring Trail #238 via Dutchman Trail #104 15 mi · ▲ 2,453 ft · 96% wild
- Ocotillo Road & West Riggs Road 12.7 mi · ▲ 293 ft · 96% wild
- Empire Boulevard Sunset Point–Empire Boulevard, 3 sights 13 mi · ▲ 238 ft · 96% wild
- Charlebois Spring–LaBarge Spring, 7 sights 13.6 mi · ▲ 2,072 ft · 96% wild
- South 139th Avenue & West Riggs Road 14.3 mi · ▲ 295 ft · 96% wild
- Fremont Saddle–Black Top Mesa Trail Loop, 6 sights 14.2 mi · ▲ 3,133 ft · 96% wild
- Ballantine Trail #283 14.8 mi · ▲ 3,230 ft · 96% wild
- Cane Spring & Cottonwood 13.3 mi · ▲ 2,597 ft · 96% wild
- LaBarge Spring–Crystal Spring, 7 sights 13.1 mi · ▲ 1,984 ft · 96% wild
- Black Top Mesa–Black Top Mesa Trail, 5 sights 15.3 mi · ▲ 3,484 ft · 96% wild
- Edward's Park 10.8 mi · ▲ 1,355 ft · 96% wild
- Double Trough Spring–Buckhorn Road, 3 sights 15.8 mi · ▲ 1,025 ft · 96% wild
- Coffee Flat Trail #108 via Dutchman Trail #104 13.5 mi · ▲ 1,316 ft · 96% wild
- Circle M Spring via Edward's Park 15.8 mi · ▲ 3,795 ft · 96% wild
- Bartlett Reservoir via Telegraph Line Trail 8.5 mi · ▲ 1,709 ft · 96% wild
- White Rock Spring–Bluff Spring Trail #235, 5 sights 12.5 mi · ▲ 2,611 ft · 95% wild
- Barnhardt Trail #43 & Brody Seep Trail #264 via Arizona Trail/Mazatzal Divide Trail #23 14 mi · ▲ 2,541 ft · 95% wild
- Chilson Spring & Barnhardt Trail #43 via Arizona Trail/Mazatzal Divide Trail #23 13.4 mi · ▲ 2,469 ft · 95% wild
- Bluff Spring–Crystal Spring, 7 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 4,048 ft · 95% wild
- Big Pine Spring & Big Pine Flat via Edward's Park 7.4 mi · ▲ 853 ft · 95% wild
- Bluff Spring–Crystal Spring Loop, 5 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,420 ft · 95% wild