Guides
2.4 mile trail near Oro Valley, Arizona
This is a 2.5 mile hike that makes a loop around the Linda Vista area. Ample parking is available off Oracle and Linda Vista. The walk up the trail is easy to moderate, with lots of rock steps to climb over. The second half of the trail is downhill, with more rock steps. This is a good hike to do if you only have an hour or so. Plan to do...
7.7 mile trail near Tucson, Arizona
The Giant Saguaro is the universal symbol of the American West. These majestic plants are only found in a small portion of the United States. Saguaro National Park protects some of the most impressive forests of these sub-tropical giants. Saguraro National Park is one of 58 National Parks in the USA. It is comprised of two districts. The Rincon...
2.7 mile trail in Saguaro National Park, Arizona
If you want easy hikes in the west part of Saguaro National Park (Tucson Mountain District) then you can combine two easy trails to get the most out of Saguaro National Park - the Valley View trail and Wild Dog trail. Valley View is an easy and popular trail along the Hohokam Road (unpaved). Wild Dog is also an easy hike across the Hohokam and Golden...
This unmarked trail begins near the 50 year trail and you can drive most of the way to the trailhead by going east on Golder Ranch Road. At the end of the pavement, go through the cattleguard/gate, head north on the dirt road, and at the corral, turn east and follow this road until it becomes to rough to drive with a regular car. You should be near...
5.8 mile trail near Tortolita, Arizona
Alamo Springs hike is about 5.8 miles long and located near Tortolita, Arizona. The trail is great for hiking and normally takes a half day. Great hike early in the morning before it gets too hot. Be sure to check out the old line shack and look down the well. What's up with the red cart there, though?
Tortolita Preserve
This trail begins at the end of the paved road heading to the golf club at Dove Mountain Resort/Ritz-Carleton. Just park alongside the road, and you will see the plastic trail markers heading west parallel to the road marked "UJT" for the Upper Javelina Trail. After a short distance, you will come to a gate and you will know you are on the right trail...
4.3 mile trail near Tuson, Arizona
Madera canyon is about 4.3 miles long. The trail is great for hiking and normally takes 1-3 hours
Trips
Finger Rock Trail to Mount Kimball
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Hiking | 9.0 miles (8.0 miles away)
Hiking | 9.0 miles (8.0 miles away)
This trail heads up the Finger Rock Canyon and intersects the Pima Canyon Trail at Mount Kimball. Starting at an elevation of 3000 ft, this is a tough hike with a gain in elevation greater than 4000 ft in approximately four miles. However, the trail is well worth the effort with great views of the Finger Rock Canyon and the city of Tucson. At an elevation of 7255 ft, Mount Kimball offers...
Twelve of us hiked this roughly 6 mile trail to the Romero Pools. As the pictures show, the water was flowing nicely - which isn't the usual case here in the Sonoran Desert.
This trail head starts at the same
place as the Finger rock trail head. Where those trails intersect you
will stay to the right. You will cross water on several occasions.
There are stepping stones in place to facilitate your crossing. We
enjoyed great views of Tucson valley, Finger rock and other ridges in
the Catalinas. The rock formations are quite varied in colors and
composition. Considerable amounts of mica and quartz gave...
Our weekend hike with the kids to Seven Falls in Sabino Canyon.
Sweetwater Trail to the Sonoran Desert Museum
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Hiking | 6.3 miles (12.4 miles away)
Hiking | 6.3 miles (12.4 miles away)
This Trail Begins at the end of Camino del Cerro. It is a low level hike so can be very hot and with little shade. This day would have been to warm but we were having an unseasonably cool weekend so I decided to go because of the Saguaro and prickley pear were in bloom. It was not disappointing. The trail is rather rocky and is a workout for the knees and...
This is a hike starting at the Sabino Canyon Visitor Center. Most of the trail is on the east side of the canyon. The trail was well maintained. It only became somewhat overgrown after the northern most waypoint. Expect lots of crowds near the trailhead on weekends. Further along the trail, I passed other hikers approximately every 30 minutes. Although there was 2000 feet gain in elevation, most of this gain was...
Dove Mountain-Several Trails combined into a loop
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Hiking | 8.0 miles (20.0 miles away)
Hiking | 8.0 miles (20.0 miles away)
This is in the Tortolita Mountain Range to the north of Tucson.We started at the Wild Burro Trail
Parking area next to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. You will have to let
them know at the gate and they will let you in. From there you will
need to find your way down into the wash. This hotel has just
completed construction and the entrance to the trail from this point
is not well established. ...
Needed to get away from the conference.
Catalina State Park has several trails you can take from the parking lot. This day we did two of them. The Romero Canyon trail to the pools. On the way back we did the loop trail as well. It was a very nice day and the wildflowers were beginning to give a show. As a result there were many, many people on the trail.
Hike from the Finger Rock trailhead. Has a great view of most of Tucson, and a mine underneath... will return with flashlights.
My Mystery Trail - A GPS usage game in Saguaro National Park (East)
Tanque Verde, Arizona, United States
Hiking | 6.1 miles (11.8 miles away)
Hiking | 6.1 miles (11.8 miles away)
This trip began as a game: My hubby went hiking yesterday, did not tell me where he was going, and when he returned, he gave me three sets of coordinates: "trailhead", "something" and "turnaround point". The rest was up to me. I entered the points on google maps in order to figure out where the trailhead was. Then I entered the way points into my gps manually. I used this in determine...
The Tanque Verde Ridge trailhead is located at the Javelina picnic area in the Saguaro National Park - East. I arrived at the trailhead around 10 am and started the 6.9 mile hike to the Juniper Basin campground. After a few 100 yards, there's a book for you to write the date, your name, the number of your party and when you departed.
The first half of the hike offers great views...
We parked in a subdivision. With a fuzzy idea of what trails we should take, we did a lot of bushwhacking on the way up, but on the way down we were able to walk on trails. We didn't rock climb to the very top, but we were within a few hundred feet. It's a very short and steep hike.
