39 Trails in North Scottsdale, Arizona

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Big Sister Intermediate difficulty 1.5 ***** Mesa
Tonto Pass (McDowell Mountain Park) Intermediate difficulty 8.0 ***** Fountain Hills
Sunset Ridge Expert difficulty 2 ***** Mesa
Charles M. Christiansen (100) Intermediate difficulty 22.0 ***** Phoenix
Trail 1A Advanced difficulty 5.0 ***** Phoenix
Black Canyon Trail Advanced difficulty 62.0 ***** Phoenix
Pemberton Loop (McDowell Mountain Park) Beginner difficulty 15.0 ***** Scottsdale
Pima Road and Dynamite Blvd Intermediate difficulty 22.0 ***** North Scottsdale
Moon Rock Loop (Usery Mountain Regional Park) Beginner difficulty 3.0 ***** Mesa
Sonoran Preserve North Beginner difficulty 20 **** Phoenix
Sonoran Trail Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Phoenix
Granite Mountain Loop Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Scottsdale
Brown's Ranch to Granite Mountain Beginner difficulty 14 **** Scottsdale
Sunrise Expert difficulty 10.0 **** Scottsdale
Hawes Loop Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Mesa
Taliesin / Quartz Loop Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Scottsdale
McDowell Mountain Park Intermediate difficulty 13.0 **** Phoenix
Deem Hill Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Phoenix
Whiskey Bottle Trail (Brown’s Ranch to Granite Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Scottsdale
Cat Peaks Via Ruidoso (Usery Mountain Regional Park) Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Mesa
The Saddle (Hawes Loop) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Mesa
Ridge Trail (Hawes Loop) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Mesa
Usery Mountain Regional Park Intermediate difficulty 20.0 **** Mesa
Papago Park Area Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Tempe
Trail #100 Beginner difficulty 10.0 **** Phoenix
Cave Creek Park Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Phoenix
40th St. Trailhead (40th St. Trailhead) Beginner difficulty 6.0 **** Phoenix
Coachwhip Trail Loop (McDowell Mountain Park) Intermediate difficulty 20.0 **** Scottsdale
Pass Mountain (Usery Mountain Regional Park) Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Mesa
Cat Peaks - Blevin - Moonrock Intermediate difficulty 6.0 *** Mesa
Blevins Via Meridian (Usery Mountain Regional Park) difficulty 5.0 *** Mesa
Gateway Loop Advanced difficulty 4.0 *** Scottsdale
Phoenix Mcdowell / Wingate Pass / Bell Pass (McDowell Mountain Park) Advanced difficulty 9.0 ** Scottsdale
East Maricopa Floodway Easiest difficulty 8.0 * Mesa
Levee Loop (Usery Mountain Regional Park) difficulty 7.0 Mesa
Emery Henderson (Black Canyon Trail) difficulty 16.0 Phoenix
Hawksnest Stagecoach Loop (Brown’s Ranch to Granite Mountain) difficulty 20.0 Scottsdale
Spur Cross to Lake Pleasant difficulty 40.0 Cave Creek
Apache Trail difficulty 12.0 North Phoenix

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