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| | Time to get out, and breathe some fresh air, and Apache Trail in Maricopa County, Arizona is such a great site. Arizona has plenty of wonderful wilderness hiking trails; Apache Trail in Maricopa County is one of them. A visit to Arizona is not complete without some backcountry hiking. Every Arizona wilderness hiking trail is well worth a hike. This is an area covered with lots of great outdoors trails. You should count on this backcountry trek taking about 6 hours, but of course some folks walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. Apache Trail has only |
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one trailhead, so you'll be hiking it in and back out. With its 6.8 miles of walking distance it's a mid length backcountry walk. This wilderness trail is a mid length wilderness trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes it a nice great outdoors trail for experienced
| | backcountry trekkers in good shape. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in spot. This great outdoors trail sometimes gets very dry, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. If you happen to be in Arizona, why not go trekking, it is a glorious way to spend some time. All through the summer at Apache Trail highs are mostly in the 100's. During the dark hours of summer temperatures fall down into the 60's. During the winter highs are usually in the 50's, and nighttime lows throughout the winter | |
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for Apache Trail tend to be in the 20's. Apache Trail has a total elevation difference of 750 feet which is a lower than average number. At Apache Trail you don’t see much rain; during the month of December you get the most rain around here, and June meanwhile is the driest month.
You spend the whole backcountry walk in roughly the same elevation zone which means the conditions are about the same from start to finish. A long trip divides Payson from Apache Trail, but backpacking along this backcountry hiking trail is very cool. Keep in mind that this is
a long great outdoors trail, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies.
Briefly about the general area:
Apache Trail is nice enough to spend more than a day at, Burnt Corral Campground is a nice local campground, and if you're looking for some flowing water? Try Pine
Creek. Be careful coming to Apache Trail, you might not ever wanna go home again. Some of the water close by flows, like Davis Wash.
A nice location to camp here at Apache Trail is Apache Lake Campground, and Hidden Spring is an inspiring place to stop by during your stay.
Squaw Flat is a great site here at Apache Trail, and this is a popular place for folks from Payson. Tonto National Monument is a wonderful national park, and a tour to Apache Trail wouldn't be complete without taking a look at Davis Spring.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 33.5903, Longitude -111.2098
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 6.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 3.2 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
6 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
4 hours
Total elevation difference: 750 feet
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Outdoors Recreation Near Payson, Arizona
Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Payson, Arizona, the metro area neareast to Apache Trail. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more.
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| | Trails Near Apache Trail:
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Alder Trail, Maricopa
County
, 8 miles away, 26.2 hiking miles, 4382 feet elevation difference |
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Baldy Trail, Gila
County
, 8 miles away, 8 hiking miles, 3403 feet elevation difference |
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Four Peaks Trail, Gila
County
, 10 miles away, 10.1 hiking miles, 3059 feet elevation difference |
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J F Ranch Trail, Pinal
County
, 10 miles away, 15.8 hiking miles, 1409 feet elevation difference |
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Peters Trail, Maricopa
County
, 10 miles away, 13 hiking miles, 1423 feet elevation difference |
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Red Tanks Trail, Pinal
County
, 11 miles away, 24.4 hiking miles, 1305 feet elevation difference |
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Soldier Camp Trail, Maricopa
County
, 11 miles away, 14.4 hiking miles, 2657 feet elevation difference |
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| | National Parks Near Apache Trail:
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Tonto National Monument, Roosevelt - AZ
, 14 miles away |
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Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Coolidge - AZ
, 42 miles away |
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Hohokam Pima National Monument, Coolidge - AZ
, 42 miles away |
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| | Hotels Near Apache Trail:
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Gold Canyon Golf Resort, Gold Canyon
, 21 miles away |
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Best Western Gold Canyon Inn & Suites, Gold Canyon
, 23 miles away |
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Apache Junction Super 8 Motel, Apache Junction
, 26 miles away |
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Best Western Apache Junction Inn, Apache Junction
, 27 miles away |
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Copper Hill Inn And Suites, Miami
, 28 miles away |
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26 miles away
