44 Trails in Scottsdale, Arizona

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Sunset Ridge Expert difficulty 2 ***** Mesa
Sunrise Expert difficulty 10.0 **** Scottsdale
South Mountain Park / National Trail Advanced difficulty 14.0 ***** Phoenix
Trail 1A Advanced difficulty 5.0 ***** Phoenix
Phoenix Mcdowell / Wingate Pass / Bell Pass (McDowell Mountain Park) Advanced difficulty 9.0 ** Scottsdale
Gateway Loop Advanced difficulty 4.0 *** Scottsdale
Black Canyon Trail Advanced difficulty 62.0 ***** Phoenix
Pass Mountain (Usery Mountain Regional Park) Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Mesa
Ridge Trail (Hawes Loop) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Mesa
Black Canyon Trail - Little Pan Loop (Black Canyon Trail) Intermediate difficulty 24.0 ***** Black Canyon City
Taliesin / Quartz Loop Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Scottsdale
Hawes Loop Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Mesa
Cave Creek Park Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Phoenix
Granite Mountain Loop Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Scottsdale
Cat Peaks Via Ruidoso (Usery Mountain Regional Park) Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Mesa
Tonto Pass (McDowell Mountain Park) Intermediate difficulty 8.0 ***** Fountain Hills
Coachwhip Trail Loop (McDowell Mountain Park) Intermediate difficulty 20.0 **** Scottsdale
Whiskey Bottle Trail (Brown’s Ranch to Granite Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Scottsdale
Charles M. Christiansen (100) Intermediate difficulty 22.0 ***** Phoenix
Big Sister Intermediate difficulty 1.5 ***** Mesa
Sonoran Trail Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Phoenix
Usery Mountain Regional Park Intermediate difficulty 20.0 **** Mesa
Desert Classic Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** Phoenix
McDowell Mountain Park Intermediate difficulty 13.0 **** Phoenix
Deem Hill Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Phoenix
Pima Road and Dynamite Blvd Intermediate difficulty 22.0 ***** North Scottsdale
Cat Peaks - Blevin - Moonrock Intermediate difficulty 6.0 *** Mesa
The Saddle (Hawes Loop) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Mesa
Brown's Ranch to Granite Mountain Beginner difficulty 14 **** Scottsdale
Trail #100 Beginner difficulty 10.0 **** Phoenix
40th St. Trailhead (40th St. Trailhead) Beginner difficulty 6.0 **** Phoenix
Sonoran Preserve North Beginner difficulty 20 **** Phoenix
Papago Park Area Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Tempe
Moon Rock Loop (Usery Mountain Regional Park) Beginner difficulty 3.0 ***** Mesa
Pemberton Loop (McDowell Mountain Park) Beginner difficulty 15.0 ***** Scottsdale
East Maricopa Floodway Easiest difficulty 8.0 * 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
Black Canyon Trail difficulty 62.0
Beverly Canyon/Javelina Trail (South Mountain Park / National Trail) difficulty 4.0 Phoenix
Apache Trail difficulty 12.0 North Phoenix
7th St. and Mineral difficulty 6 Phoenix
Levee Loop (Usery Mountain Regional Park) difficulty 7.0 Mesa

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