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| Allen's Bend Trail #111 - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | Allen's Bend Trail #111 begins on the north side of the recreation area parking lot at Grasshopper Point. Several short paths provide access to the creek for fishing, swimming, and picnicking. The nearly flat 0.5-mile distance helps make this an easy hike. |
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| Apache Fire Trail - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | A short 1.2 miles loop trail, Apache Fire Trail rises an easy 100 feet in elevation as it crosses washes, travels along hillsides, and makes its way to the "House of Apache Fire." Trail users will be rewarded by dramatic views of the Oak Creek area. |
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| Apache Maid Trail #15 - Long Trails (9+ miles) | | Apache Maid Trail #15 skirts the rim of Wet Beaver Creek Canyon, one of the scenic red-rock gorges that cuts the southern rim of the Colorado Plateau. The trail starts at the mouth of the canyon and ends near the lookout tower on Apache Maid Mountain. At 13 miles with a total elevation change of 2,000 feet, this trail may be considered difficult. |
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| Bear Howard Trail #100 - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | From the trailhead, Bear Howard Trail #100 begins a moderately steep ascent and enters Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness Area. The trail climbs 1,600 feet in 1.6 miles over 33 switchbacks to the rim of Oak Creek Canyon. The trail is only 2.4 miles, but the total elevation change of 2,000 feet suggests it may be considered somewhat difficult. |
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| Bell Trail #13 - Long Trails (9+ miles) | | Popular with hikers and anglers, Bell Trail #13 is the only developed route into Wet Beaver Creek Canyon and Wilderness Area. The trail follows an old road for the first 2 miles, then enters Wet Beaver Creek Wilderness Area, eventually topping out on the Mogollon Rim. At 11 miles and a total elevation change of 2,450 feet, this trail may be considered difficult. |
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| Boynton Canyon Trail #47 - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | The Boynton Canyon Trail #47 leads through one of the prettiest box canyons in Arizona's "Red Rock Country" and is easily accessed. At 2.5 miles and an elevation change of only 450 feet, this trail is considered easy and receives high usage. |
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| Bunkhouse Trail - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | Bunkhouse Trail extends an easy 0.4 miles and is an important connector trail for the Red Rock State Park trail system. With a total elevation change of only 40 feet, this easy trail of 0.4 miles is paved from the visitor center to Kingfisher Crossing and provides disabled recreationists an opportunity to get up close to the lovely environs of Oak Creek. |
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| Casner Canyon Trail #11 - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | Casner Canyon Trail #11 offers nice views but little shade and is extremely hot in the summer. The trail experiences a total elevation change of 1,500 feet in its 2.5 miles. Trail users must also make a wet crossing of Oak Creek to reach the trailhead, so the hike involved may be considered of moderate difficulty. |
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| Cliff Top Nature Trail - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | Cliff Top Nature Trail begins near the apple packing barn at the historic Pendley Homestead within Slide Rock State Park The short distance (0.25 miles) and total elevation change of just 20 feet make this loop trail an easy hike. However, the trail can be icy during the winter. |
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| Coconino National Forest - Hiking In National Forests | | The Coconino National Forest contains 4 districts: the Peaks, Mormon Lake, Mogollon Rim, and Red Rock Districts. Each offers a variety of recreational opportunities, including hiking, backpacking, equestrian riding, mountain biking, camping, picnicking, boating, fishing, snowshoeing, and cross-country and alpine skiing. |
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| Cookstove Trail - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | This trail is at 5,500 feet in elevation and gains 1,00 feet as it travels a moderately strenuous 0.7 miles. The trail receives moderate use and takes about 1 hour to complete a round trip. |
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| Coyote Ridge Trail - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | At 0.4 miles and an elevation change of only 20 feet, scenic Coyote Ridge Trail is a short and easy hike. It features photographic, birdwatching, and interpretive opportunities. Vegetation includes cliffrose, mountain mahogany, Mormon tea, and banana yucca. |
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| Devil's Bridge Trail #120 - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | Devil's Bridge Trail #120 is 1 mile long and experiences a total 400 feet in elevation change; so it may be considered a fairly easy hike. A short hike from the trailhead leads into Red Rock-Secret Canyon Wilderness. |
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| Eagle Nest Trail - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | The Eagle Nest Trail is short, only 1.9 miles, and experiences a total elevation change of just 242 feet, making it an easy to moderate hike. It features dramatic vistas of the Sedona area and explores a sycamore/cottonwood riparian area plus a pinon-juniper forest. Nearby, Eagle Nest Overlook is one of the park's best view spots. |
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| Flume Road Trail #154 - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | This trail follows the old road used during the construction of the dam and flume that divert and deliver water to nearby Irving Power Plant. The trail ends at the dam, just downstream from Fossil Springs Wilderness. At 3.5 miles and an elevation change of 440 feet, this trail should be considered easy. This trail is open to hikers and equestrians. |
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| Harding Springs Trail #51 - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | Harding Springs Trail #51 extends from the bottom of Oak Creek Canyon to the top of the east canyon rim, with scenic views of the upper canyon. Although the trail is relatively short at 3.5 miles, its total elevation change of 700 feet suggests a hike of moderate difficulty. |
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| Javelina Trail - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | Javelina Trail is located near Frey Wash on the eastern edge of Red Rock State Park. The Javelina Trail is just 1.75 miles and experiences only 70 feet in elevation change; however, due to its location it may be considered anywhere from easy to moderate difficulty. |
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| Kisva Trail - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | The Kisva Trail, just 1.7 miles long, allows visitors an opportunity to explore the lush riparian area along Oak Creek. Hikers can utilize the self-guided ethno-botanical trail guide to identify 17 different varieties of trees and plants found throughout Red Rock State Park. Total elevation change is only 10 feet, making this an easy hike. |
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| Loy Canyon Trail #5 - Medium Trails (4-8 miles) | | Loy Canyon Trail #5 skirts Hancock Ranch, then parallels and sometimes crosses the usually dry drainage as it climbs gradually along the floor of Loy Canyon. The trail is only 5 miles long with a total elevation change of 1,680 feet; however, it rises 1,000 feet during the last mile and therefore may be considered a difficult hike. |
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| North Wilson Mountain Trail #123 - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | North Wilson Mountain Trail goes through a side canyon with a good view of Oak Creek Canyon. It winds through the Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, then south overlooking a side canyon, and on up to First Bench. North Wilson Mountain Trail #123 is a relatively short 2 miles, but its total elevation change of 1,400 feet and occasionally rough terrain make this a somewhat difficult hike. |
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| Parsons Spring Trail - Medium Trails (4-8 miles) | | This trail is an easy 4-mile hike, descending 180 feet in elevation, while receiving heavy usage year round. |
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| Pendley Homestead Trail - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | Pendley Homestead Trail is a paved, level, barrier-free trail of 0.25 miles, making for a very easy hike. Popular Slide Rock State Park can become extremely crowded in summer. Parking is easier and the atmosphere more peaceful at other times of the year. |
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| Rattlesnake Ridge Loop Trail - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | The Rattlesnake Ridge Loop Trail offers both recreational and interpretive opportunities along its 1.3 mile loop. Hikers will enjoy outstanding panoramic views from the trail's upper sections. A total elevation change of only 70 feet makes this an easy hike. |
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| Red Rock Pathways #1A - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | The Red Rock State Park segment of Red Rock Pathways #1A is an important linkage of a larger system that connects pedestrian and bicycle routes throughout the Verde Valley. This segment links the bicycle lanes along the Lower Red Rock Loop Rd. to the Turkey Creek Trail. This 1-mile trail has a total elevation change of just 70 feet, making it an easy hike. |
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| Red Rock State Park - Hiking In State Parks | | This park is a 286-acre nature preserve and environmental education center, located next to beautiful Oak Creek. The park offers hiking trails, field trips, a visitor center, and interpretive walks for all visitors. |
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| Red Rock State Park Trail System - Trail Systems | | A variety of trails are provided, totaling about 5 miles in length. Some trails are self-interpretive trails and others lead to points of interest in the park. |
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| Sedona Trails and Urban Pathways - Long Trails (9+ miles) | | Sedona Trails and Urban Pathways is a joint effort between the City of Sedona and the U.S. Forest Service. The 28-mile trail system encircles the city and provides direct access to and through Coconino National Forest lands. Elevation changes are varied due to the extensive trail length, which also allows for varying degrees of hiking difficulty. |
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| Sentinel Trail - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | Sentinel Trail crosses Oak Creek to an island and crosses again to join the Kisva Trail. Small footbridges for creek crossings are subject to closure during seasonal high water. At 0.2 miles and a total elevation change of only 10 feet, this is an easy hike. |
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| Slide Rock Route - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | Slide Rock Route is a short trail of only 0.3 miles with a total elevation change of 40 feet, making this primitive route along Oak Creek a fairly easy hike. It is the main access to popular Slide Rock Swim Area, which features a natural waterslide. For most visitors, an 8-foot-high wall beyond the swim area is the turn-around point. |
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| Slide Rock State Park - Hiking In State Parks | | This park is located in Oak Creek Canyon, and is known for its 30-foot water slide worn in the rocks of the creek bed. Visitors may fish, swim, hike, picnic, or nature watch. |
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| Smoke Trail - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | Smoke Trail parallels Oak Creek from Cottonwood Picnic Area to the Sentinel Trail junction, allowing visitors an opportunity to explore a riparian area rich in plants and wildlife. Smoke Trail is also accessible from the visitor center parking area. A total elevation change of only 40 feet and length of 0.4 miles make this trail an easy hike. |
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| Sterling Pass Trail #46 - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | Sterling Pass Trail #46 quickly enters Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness and heads west into a side drainage of Oak Creek Canyon. It continues through the canyon and ends at a junction with Vultee Arch Trail #22, which boasts a scenic viewpoint of its own just 100 yards farther north. The trail is only 2.4 miles long but must be considered difficult for its total change in elevation of 1,120 feet and the steepness of upward switchbacks. |
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| Sycamore Canyon Wilderness - Hiking In Wilderness Areas | | Sycamore Canyon Wilderness covers 55,937 acres of cliffs and pinnacles, offering visitors hiking, horseback riding, swimming, fishing, and wildlife viewing opportunities. |
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| Sycamore Rim Trail - Long Trails (9+ miles) | | This 11-mile one-way trail has been rated as "easy-moderate". It typically takes 5-6 hours to complete the trail. The Sycamore Falls Trailhead was added during the summer of 1988 to accommodate hikers along the Sycamore Rim Trail and climbers using the Sycamore Falls area. |
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| Thomas Point Trail #142 - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | Thomas Point Trail #142 climbs to the top of Oak Creek Canyon's east rim. It offers forest shade, canyon views, and scenic rock formations. At 1 mile in length, Thomas Point Trail's ascending switchbacks still offer a moderately challenging hike. |
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| Vultee Arch Trail #22 - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | Vultee Arch Trail #22 enters Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness almost immediately. It winds through Sterling Canyon until reaching a massive, red-rock natural bridge known as Vultee Arch. It is 1.75 miles long and experiences a total elevation change of 400 feet, so the hike may be considered reasonably easy. |
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| Weir Trail #85 - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | Weir Trail #85 provides easy access to Wet Beaver Creek. Along the way, the vegetation changes from a typical Upper Sonoran gathering of prickly pear, agave, catclaw and juniper to a riparian community of walnut, willow, ash, sycamore, cottonwood, canyon grape, blackberry and poison ivy. The trail's short distance of 0.75 miles and a total elevation change of only 35 feet make this an easy hike indeed. |
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| West Fork Trail #108 - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | West Fork Trail #108 is wheelchair accessible the first 0.25 miles. Then it turns upstream on a gradual grade through a narrow, rugged canyon walled by towering red cliffs. The trail's length of 3.25 miles and a total elevation change of 150 feet amount to a reasonably easy hike. |
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| White Mesa Trail #86 - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | White Mesa Trail #86 starts on the west side of Casner Canyon. . The trail enters the Wet Beaver Creek Wilderness and passes through typical Upper Sonoran Desert vegetation, including prickly pear, agave, and juniper. A trail length of just 1 mile and total elevation change of 900 feet make for a hike of moderate intensity until reaching White Mesa. |
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| Wilson Mountain Trail #10 - Medium Trails (4-8 miles) | | Wilson Mountain Trail #10 winds through the Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness and ascends through a pinion-juniper forest into Wilson Canyon. At 5.6 miles and a total elevation change of 2,400 feet, this trail may be considered difficult. |
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| Yavapai Ridge Trail - Short Trails (1-3 miles) | | Yavapai Ridge Trail mileage includes the spur from Kisva Trail to the Yavapai Ridge loop. This trail overlooks Oak Creek and offers outstanding panoramic views of Red Rock State Park. A total elevation change of 40 feet and short distance make this 1.5-mile loop trail an easy hike. |
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