45 Trails in Scottsdale, Arizona

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Whiskey Bottle Trail (Brown’s Ranch to Granite Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Scottsdale
Usery Mountain Regional Park Intermediate difficulty 20.0 **** Mesa
Trail 1A Advanced difficulty 5.0 ***** Phoenix
Trail #100 Beginner difficulty 10.0 **** Phoenix
Tonto Pass (McDowell Mountain Park) Intermediate difficulty 8.0 ***** Fountain Hills
The Saddle (Hawes Loop) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Mesa
Taliesin / Quartz Loop Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Scottsdale
Sunset Ridge Expert difficulty 2 ***** Mesa
Sunrise Expert difficulty 10.0 **** Scottsdale
Spur Cross to Lake Pleasant difficulty 40.0 Cave Creek
South Mountain Park / National Trail Advanced difficulty 14.0 ***** Phoenix
Sonoran Trail Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Phoenix
Sonoran Preserve North Beginner difficulty 20 **** Phoenix
Ridge Trail (Hawes Loop) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Mesa
Pima Road and Dynamite Blvd Intermediate difficulty 22.0 ***** North Scottsdale
Phoenix Mcdowell / Wingate Pass / Bell Pass (McDowell Mountain Park) Advanced difficulty 9.0 ** Scottsdale
Pemberton Loop (McDowell Mountain Park) Beginner difficulty 15.0 ***** Scottsdale
Pass Mountain (Usery Mountain Regional Park) Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Mesa
Papago Park Area Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Tempe
Moon Rock Loop (Usery Mountain Regional Park) Beginner difficulty 3.0 ***** Mesa
McDowell Mountain Park Intermediate difficulty 13.0 **** Phoenix
Levee Loop (Usery Mountain Regional Park) difficulty 7.0 Mesa
Hawksnest Stagecoach Loop (Brown’s Ranch to Granite Mountain) difficulty 20.0 Scottsdale
Hawes Loop Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Mesa
Granite Mountain Loop Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Scottsdale
Gateway Loop Advanced difficulty 4.0 *** Scottsdale
Emery Henderson (Black Canyon Trail) difficulty 16.0 Phoenix
East Maricopa Floodway Easiest difficulty 8.0 * Mesa
Desert Classic Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** Phoenix
Deem Hill Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Phoenix
Coachwhip Trail Loop (McDowell Mountain Park) Intermediate difficulty 20.0 **** Scottsdale
Charles M. Christiansen (100) Intermediate difficulty 22.0 ***** Phoenix
Cave Creek Park Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Phoenix
Cat Peaks Via Ruidoso (Usery Mountain Regional Park) Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Mesa
Cat Peaks - Blevin - Moonrock Intermediate difficulty 6.0 *** Mesa
Brown's Ranch to Granite Mountain Beginner difficulty 14 **** Scottsdale
Blevins Via Meridian (Usery Mountain Regional Park) difficulty 5.0 *** Mesa
Black Canyon Trail - Little Pan Loop (Black Canyon Trail) Intermediate difficulty 24.0 ***** Black Canyon City
Black Canyon Trail difficulty 62.0
Black Canyon Trail Advanced difficulty 62.0 ***** Phoenix
Big Sister Intermediate difficulty 1.5 ***** Mesa
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
40th St. Trailhead (40th St. Trailhead) Beginner difficulty 6.0 **** Phoenix

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