Full Description
It's Time to Take a Hike in Beautiful Arizona!
The best way to experience Phoenix is by hiking it! Get outdoors with Arizona writer and hiking expert Charles Liu as he helps you find and enjoy the top hikes within 60 miles of the city. These selected trails transport you to scenic overlooks, wildlife hot spots, ancient ruins, and petroglyphs that renew your spirit and recharge your body.
Explore some of the country's finest city-owned wilderness preserves: Phoenix Sonoran Preserve, South Mountain Park/Preserve, and Scottsdale's McDowell Sonoran Preserve. Hike at 7,000 feet at Brown's Peak, Mount Ord, and Mount Peeley. See Arizona's only Wild River Area at the Mazatzal Wilderness in Tonto National Forest. With Charles Liu as your guide, you'll learn about the area and experience nature through 60 of Phoenix's best hikes!
Each hike description features key at-a-glance information on distance, difficulty, scenery, traffic, hiking time, and more, so you can quickly and easily learn about each trail. Detailed directions, GPS-based trail maps, and elevation profiles help to ensure that you know where you are and where you're going. Tips on nearby activities further enhance your enjoyment of every outing.
Whether you're a local looking for new places to explore or a visitor to the area, 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Phoenix provides plenty of options for a couple hours or a full day of adventure, all within about an hour from Phoenix and the surrounding communities.
Contents
Overview Map
Map Legend
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
60 Hikes by Category
Introduction
CITY OF PHOENIX
Apache Vista and Ridgeback Overlook
Camelback Mountain: Cholla Trail
Camelback Mountain: Echo Canyon Trail
Dixie Mountain Loop
Hidden Valley Trail via Mormon Trail
Holbert Trail and Dobbins Lookout
Lookout Mountain
North Mountain National Trail
Papago Park
Piestewa Peak: Freedom Trail
Piestewa Peak: Summit Trail
Quartz Ridge Trail
Shaw Butte Trail
South Mountain: National Trail
PHOENIX SUBURBS (Ahwatukee, Cave Creek, Glendale, Mesa, Scottsdale)
Bell Pass and Windgate Pass Loop
Black Mountain
Brown's Mountain Loop
McDowell Mountain Regional Park: Scenic Trail
Pass Mountain Trail
Pinnacle Peak Trail
Sunrise Trail
Telegraph Pass Trail and Kiwanis Trail
Thompson Peak via Dixie Mine Trail
Thunderbird Park: Cholla Loop
Tom's Thumb
Wind Cave Trail
EAST (Including Superstition Wilderness)
Black Mesa Loop
Boulder Canyon Trail to LaBarge Box and Battleship Mountain
Boyce Thompson Arboretum: Main Trail
Circlestone from Reavis Ranch
Fish Creek
Hieroglyphic Trail
Lost Goldmine Trail
Peralta Trail
Picketpost Mountain
Reavis Falls
Reavis Ranch via Rogers Trough Trailhead
Rogers Canyon Trail
Siphon Draw Trail
Superstition Ridgeline
Wave Cave
NORTHEAST (Including Cave Creek and Mazatzal Mountains)
Barnhardt Trail
Butcher Jones Trail
Cave Creek Trail and Skunk Tank Trail
Elephant Mountain Trail
Four Peaks: Brown's Peak
Go John Trail
Mount Ord
Mount Peeley
Palo Verde Trail
Pine Creek Loop and Ballantine Trail
Tonto National Monument: Upper Cliff Dwelling
Vineyard Trail
WEST AND SOUTH (Including White Tank and Sierra Estrella Mountains)
Ford Canyon Trail and Mesquite Canyon Trail
Goat Camp Trail and Willow Canyon Trail
Picacho Peak: Hunter Trail
Quartz Peak Trail
Rainbow Valley Trail and Butterfield Trail
Table Top Trail
Vulture Peak Trail
APPENDIX A: Hiking Stores
APPENDIX B: Sources for Trail Maps
APPENDIX C: Hiking Clubs and Organizations
Glossary
Index
About the Author
