HIKING
At 12,643 feet, the San Francisco Peaks is not only the dominant feature of the forest area we call the Volcanic Highlands, it’s also the highest mountain in Arizona. Three of the summits that ring this dormant volcano’s now quiet inner caldera are higher than any other mountain in the state. This mountain is sacred to the native peoples that live in the area and its soaring profile set against a blue Arizona sky serves as a source of awe to contemporary residents and visitors. Views from the summit of the San Francisco Peaks stretch to the Grand Canyon’s North Rim over eighty miles away.
FLAGSTAFF TRAILS
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Trail |
Difficulty |
Length |
Trailhead Elevation |
Elevation Gain/Loss |
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Abineau/Bear Jaw Trails, #127/#26 |
Strenuous |
6.0 mile loop |
8,500 feet |
2000 feet |
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Arizona Trail (Equestrian Bypass) #87 |
Moderate |
9.0 miles |
6,750 feet |
500 feet |
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Brookbank Trail #2 |
Moderate |
2.5 miles |
7,900 feet |
1,000 feet |
|
Campbell Mesa Trail |
Moderate |
11.3 miles |
6,723 feet |
157 feet |
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Deer Hill Trail #99 |
Easy |
5.0 miles |
7,180 feet |
100 feet |
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Doney Trail #39 |
Easy |
0.5 miles |
5300 feet |
200 feet |
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Elden Lookout Trail #4 |
Strenuous |
3.0 miles |
6,900 feet |
2,400 feet |
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Fatmans Loop Trail #25 |
Easy |
2.0 miles |
6,900 feet |
600 feet |
|
Fort Valley Trail System |
Moderate |
6.7 miles |
7300 feet |
180 feet |
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Heart Trail #103 |
Strenuous |
2.0 miles |
7,200 feet |
1,300 feet |
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Humphreys Trail #151 |
Strenuous |
4.5 miles |
9300 feet |
3350 feet |
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Inner Basin Trail #29 |
Moderate |
2.0 miles |
8,800 feet |
1,400 feet |
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Kachina Trail #150 |
Moderate |
5.0 miles |
9,500 feet |
700 feet |
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Little Bear Trail #112 |
Moderate |
3.5 miles |
7,620 feet |
1080 feet |
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Little Elden Trail #69 |
Easy |
4.7 miles |
7,200 feet |
600 feet |
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Old Caves Crater Trail |
Moderate |
1.2 miles |
6,753 feet |
430 feet |
|
Oldham Trail #1 |
Moderate |
5.5 miles |
7,000 feet |
2,000 feet |
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O’Leary Trail |
Strenuous |
7.0 miles |
6,952 feet |
1,986 feet |
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Pipeline Trail #42 |
Easy |
2.8 miles |
7,100 feet |
100 feet |
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Rocky Ridge Trail #153 |
Easy |
2.2 miles |
7,100 feet |
100 feet |
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Sandy Seep Trail |
Moderate |
1.5 miles |
6,875 feet |
350 feet |
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Schultz Creek Trail #152 |
Easy |
3.5 miles |
7,200 feet |
600 feet |
|
Slate Mountain Trail #128 |
Moderate |
2.4 miles |
8,360 feet |
850 feet |
|
Sunset Trail #23 |
Easy |
4.0 miles |
8,000 feet |
1,275 feet |
|
Sycamore Canyon Trail System |
Moderate to Strenuous |
11.3 miles |
6,800 feet |
2,000 feet |
|
Waterline Trail |
Easy |
14.0 miles |
8,000 feet |
2,400 feet |
|
Weatherford Trail #102 |
Moderate to Strenuous |
8.7 miles |
8,800 feet |
3,200 feet |
|
Trails |
Difficulty |
Length |
Trailhead Elevation |
Elevation Gain/Loss |
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A.B. Young #100 |
Strenuous |
2.4 miles |
5,200 feet |
2,000 feet |
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Airport Loop/Table Top |
Easy |
4.3 miles |
4600 feet |
220 feet |
|
Allen’s Bend Trail |
Easy |
.5 miles |
4400 feet |
0 feet |
|
Apache Maid #15 |
Strenuous |
9.5 miles |
4,000 feet |
2,500 feet |
|
Arizona Cypress Trail |
Easy |
.75 miles |
4,600 |
100 feet |
|
Baldwin Trail |
Easy |
1.6 miles |
4,140 feet |
150 feet |
|
Bear Mountain #54 |
Strenuous |
2.5 miles |
4,600 feet |
1800 feet |
|
Bear Sign Trail #59 |
Moderate |
3.25 miles |
4,800 feet |
650 feet |
|
Bell Rock Pathway |
Easy/Moderate |
3.7 miles |
4,200 feet |
50 foot gain |
|
Bell Trail #13 |
Moderate |
11.0 miles |
3,700 feet |
2,800 feet |
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Big Park Trail |
Easy |
1.0 miles |
4,200 feet |
50 feet |
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Blodgett Basin Trail #31 |
Moderate |
2.5 miles |
3,600 feet |
1,600 feet |
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Boynton Canyon #47 |
Easy |
2.5 miles |
4,600 feet |
450 feet |
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Brins Mesa #119 |
Moderate |
3.0 miles |
4,600 feet |
600 feet |
|
Broken Arrow Trail #125 |
Easy |
1.5 miles |
4,250 feet |
300 feet gain |
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Carroll Canyon Trail |
Moderate |
1.8 miles |
4,600 feet |
100 feet |
|
Cathedral Rock Trail #170 |
Moderate |
.7 miles |
4,050 feet |
600 foot gain |
|
Casner Canyon Trail #11 |
Moderate to Strenuous |
2.0 miles |
4,600 feet |
1,800 feet |
|
Casner Mountain Trail #8 |
Strenuous |
7.0 miles |
4,600 feet |
2150 feet |
|
Chimney Rock Pass |
Moderate |
1.0 miles |
4,500 feet |
150 feet |
|
Cibola Pass Trail |
Moderate |
1.0 miles |
4,600 feet |
250 feet |
|
Cockscomb Trail |
Easy to Strenuous |
2.5 to 16+ mi |
4,600 feet |
160 feet |
|
Cookstove Trail #143 |
Moderate to Strenuous |
0.7 miles |
5,600 feet |
800 feet |
|
Courthouse Butte Loop Trail |
Moderate |
4.2 mile loop |
4,250 feet |
250 foot gain |
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David Miller Trail |
Strenuous |
1 mile |
|
800 foot |
|
Dawa Trail |
Easy |
2 miles |
4,600 feet |
0 feet |
|
Devil’s Bridge Trail #120 |
Moderate |
.8 miles |
4,600 feet |
350 feet |
|
Doe Mountain Trail #60 |
Easy |
0.7 miles to top of mesa |
4,600 feet |
400 feet |
|
Dogie Trail#116 |
Moderate to Strenuous |
5.4 miles |
5,600 feet |
1,000 feet |
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Dry Creek Trail |
Strenuous |
6.2 mile loop |
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Fay Canyon Trail #53 |
Easy |
1.1 miles |
4,600 feet |
150 feet |
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Fossil Springs Trail (on Tonto NF) |
Strenuous |
2.5 miles |
5,600 feet |
1,320 feet |
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Girdner Trail #162 |
Strenuous |
4.5 miles |
4,500 feet |
260 loss, then 360 gain |
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HS Canyon Trail #50 |
Moderate |
2.5 miles |
4700 feet |
800 feet |
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H.T. Trail |
Easy |
.75 mile |
4,200 feet |
0 feet |
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Harding Springs Trail #51 |
Moderate to Strenuous |
0.7 miles |
5,600 feet |
700 feet |
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Herkenham Trail |
Easy |
1.1 miles |
4,500 feet |
100 feet |
|
Huckaby Trail #161 |
Moderate |
2.6 miles |
4,400 feet |
170 feet |
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Hot Loop Trail #94 |
Moderate to strenuous |
9 mi-1 way |
4,400 feet |
2,000 feet |
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Jacks Canyon Trail #55 |
Moderate to Strenuous |
6.5 miles |
4,300 feet |
2,000 feet |
|
Jim Thompson Trail #124 |
Easy |
3 miles |
4,500 / 4,750 |
100 feet |
|
Jordan Trail |
Moderate |
1.5 miles |
4,600 feet |
200 feet |
|
Lime Kiln Trail #82 |
Moderate To Strenuous |
16 miles one way |
3,300 feet |
1,300 feet |
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Little Horse Trail #61 |
Easy |
1.5 miles |
4,250 feet |
300 foot gain |
|
Long Canyon Trail #63 |
More Difficult |
9.5 miles |
5,000 feet |
1,500 feet |
|
Long Canyon Trail #122 |
Easy |
2.9 miles |
4,500 feet |
500 feet |
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Lower Chimney Rock Trail |
Easy |
1 mile |
4,600 feet |
100 feet |
|
Loy Canyon Trail #5 |
Moderate, last two miles Strenuous |
5.0 miles |
4,800 feet |
1,700 feet |
|
Mail Trail #84 |
Strenuous |
10.0 miles on Coc |
5,900′ North end |
1,600 feet |
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Margs Draw Trail #163 |
Easy |
2 miles |
4,300 feet |
100 feet |
|
Mooney Trail #12 |
Strenuous |
4.2 miles |
4,500 feet |
1,000 feet |
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Munds Mountain Trail #77 |
Strenuous |
2.8 miles |
5,600 feet |
400 feet |
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Munds Wagon Trail #78 |
Strenuous |
4.0 miles |
4,400 feet |
1,100 feet |
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North Urban Trail System – West |
Easy / Moderate |
5 miles |
4,500 feet |
370 feet |
|
North Urban Trail System – East |
Easy / Moderate |
6.5 miles |
4,450 feet |
460 feet |
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OK Trail |
Easy |
.5 miles |
4,600 feet |
100 feet |
|
Old Post Trail |
Moderate |
2.7 miles |
4,500 feet |
100 feet |
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Parsons Trail #144 |
Easy |
4 miles |
4,600 feet |
200 feet |
|
Ridge Trail |
Easy/Moderate |
2 miles |
4,500 feet |
200 feet |
|
Rupp Trail |
Easy |
2.8 miles |
4,600 feet |
200 feet |
|
Schnebly Hill #158 |
Strenuous |
1.7 miles |
5,600 feet |
400 feet |
|
Schuerman Mountain Trail #56 |
East |
1.0 miles |
4,450 feet |
350 feet |
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Secret Canyon/David Miller/Bear Sign/Dry Creek Trails Loop |
Strenuous |
6.2 mile loop |
4,700 feet |
800 feet |
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Secret Canyon Trail #121 |
Strenuous |
5.5 miles |
4,500 feet |
600 feet |
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Secret Mountain Trail #109 |
Moderate |
5.3 miles |
6,500 feet |
2000 feet |
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Soldier Pass Trail #66 |
Moderate |
2.4 miles |
4,450 feet |
450 feet |
|
Sterling Pass Trail #46 |
Strenuous |
2.4 miles |
4,900 feet |
1,100 feet |
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Sugarloaf Loop/Sugarloaf Summit |
Easy / Moderate |
each .5 miles |
4,600 feet |
50 ft / 250 feet |
|
Summit Trail |
Easy |
1 mile |
4,600 feet |
100 feet |
|
Taylor Cabin Trail #35 |
Very Strenuous |
2.3 miles |
6,400 feet |
1,800 feet |
|
Teacup Trail |
Moderate |
2.0 miles |
4,600 feet |
200 feet |
|
Telephone Trail #72 |
Moderate |
1.2 miles |
5,380 feet |
1,000 feet |
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Templeton Trail |
Easy |
3.5 miles |
4,240 feet |
250 feet |
|
Thomas Point Trail #142 |
Moderate |
1.0 mile |
5,300 feet |
850 feet |
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Thunder Mountain Trail |
Easy |
1.0 mile |
4,600 feet |
50 feet |
|
Towel Creek Trail #67 |
Moderate |
6.4 miles |
4,100 feet |
1,500 feet |
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Turkey Creek Trail #92 |
Moderate |
3.0 miles |
4,000 feet |
600 feet |
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Vultee Arch Trail #22 |
Easy |
1.7 miles |
4,800 feet |
400 feet |
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Walker Basin Trail #81 |
Moderate |
8.0 miles |
4,000 feet |
2,000 feet |
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West Clear Creek Trail #17 |
Moderate |
7.7 miles |
3,700 feet |
2,100 feet |
|
West Fork Oak Creek #108 |
Easy |
3.0 miles |
5,300 feet |
150 feet |
|
White Mesa Trail #86 |
Moderate |
1 mile |
4,060 feet |
850 feet |
|
Wier Trail #85 |
Easy |
.75 miles |
4,060 feet |
0 feet |
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Wilson Canyon Trail #49 |
Easy |
1.5 miles |
4,500 feet |
500 feet |
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Woods Canyon Trail #93 |
Easy |
4.25 miles |
3,900 feet |
400 feet |