 Slide Rock State Park
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| Cool off at a natural rock slide in an area so scenic it has been listed by Life Magazine as one of America’s ten most beautiful swimming holes. Many people don’t consider a trip to Arizona complete without a run down Slide Rock. This area has become so popular it was designated a park partially to keep it from being loved to death. Now it is managed in partnership by the U. S. Forest Service (creek and waterslide) and the Arizona State Parks Department (parking and other amenities). Those two agencies combine to make this popular attraction a great place to have a picnic, slide down the slide, or just catch some rays. Try to pick a time in off-peak-use periods for your visit, but don’t be surprised if you still have lots of company. | |||||||||||||||
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The Hike House Sedona Trail Rating System provides actual hiker feedback and ratings of each of the Sedona hiking trails. The cumulative trail ratings for the Slide Rock State Park submitted by fellow hikers is located above with the Trail Data. Your trail feedback and ratings are an important resource for fellow hikers and provide a personal account of your trail experience from which others may learn. So please hike Sedona, help others, and rate a trail today! |
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Secret Canyon/D. Miller/ Bear Sign Loop
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Secret Canyon/D. Miller/
Bear Sign Loop
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| A scenic red rock country loop which involves the use of four trails. It can be hiked in either direction. The clockwise direction loop starting from the Secret Canyon Trailhead is described here. Start at the signed trailhead for the Secret Canyon Trail across the usually dry streambed of Dry Creek west of the parking area. The trail immediately enters Wilderness. The wide, nearly flat trail leads into the wide canyon mouth with nice views, but no shade. At 2/3 mile, the HS Canyon Trail branches off to the left. Continue ahead. At 1.75 miles, turn right onto the David Miller Trail at the signed fork. It climbs gently for about .5 mile then more steeply for another .25 mile to a saddle which overlooks Bear Sign Canyon and the Dry Creek drainage area. The trail now descends steeply 200 feet into Bear Sign Canyon and ends at its intersection with the Bear Sign Trail. Turn right and follow this shady trail to the southeast as it gradually descends beside the canyon drainage for 2.25 miles to the confluence of the Bear Sign and Dry Creek washes. This is also the trailhead for the Bear Sign Trail. Turn right and follow the Dry Creek Trail southward. It follows the usually dry streambed on a gradual descent except for one short climb out of the drainage which allows views over the canyon. After nearly .75 miles on this trail, it crosses the creek, turns left and ends at the trailhead parking area shared with the Vultee Arch Trail. To complete the loop, follow the road southwest for about 1 mile to return to the Secret Canyon Trail parking area. | |||||||||||||||
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The Hike House Sedona Trail Rating System provides actual hiker feedback and ratings of each of the Sedona hiking trails. The cumulative trail ratings for the Secret Canyon/D. Miller/ Bear Sign Loop submitted by fellow hikers is located above with the Trail Data. Your trail feedback and ratings are an important resource for fellow hikers and provide a personal account of your trail experience from which others may learn. So please hike Sedona, help others, and rate a trail today! |
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Secret Canyon Trail
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 By 5 Comments
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Secret Canyon Trail
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| The trail immediately enters Wilderness. The wide, nearly flat trail leads into the wide canyon mouth with nice views, but no shade from the desert scrub vegetation. At 2/3 mile, HS Canyon Trail branches off to the left. About 2 mi. in the David Miller Trail over to Bear Sign Canyon departs to the right. Vegetation varies from chaparral to mixed conifer along this typically dry water course. After 2 mi. there is shade from oak and ponderosa and nice views of red rock formations. This hike can be extended further into the narrowing box canyon for up to an 11 mi. round trip. (Coconino National Forest) Click here to download a pdf version. | |||||||||||||||
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The Hike House Sedona Trail Rating System provides actual hiker feedback and ratings of each of the Sedona hiking trails. The cumulative trail ratings for the Secret Canyon Trail submitted by fellow hikers is located above with the Trail Data. Your trail feedback and ratings are an important resource for fellow hikers and provide a personal account of your trail experience from which others may learn. So please hike Sedona, help others, and rate a trail today! |
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Rams Head
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Rams Head
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The Hike House Sedona Trail Rating System provides actual hiker feedback and ratings of each of the Sedona hiking trails. The cumulative trail ratings for the Rams Head submitted by fellow hikers is located above with the Trail Data. Your trail feedback and ratings are an important resource for fellow hikers and provide a personal account of your trail experience from which others may learn. So please hike Sedona, help others, and rate a trail today! |
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Schnebly Hill Trail
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Schnebly Hill Trail
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| The Schnebly Hill Trail climbs moderately and steadily up the west face of Schnebly Hill following the original alignment of Schnebly Hill Road. There are some magnificent red rock views for the first .75 miles which is unshaded. The trail enters partial shade and at 1.25 miles, where the roadbed turns sharply to the left, take the trail on the right which is signed “Munds, Jacks, Hot Loop”. It climbs moderately in shade for nearly .75 mile, passing through 2 cattle gates, and emerging on a large, open expanse near Committee Tank. There are several overlooks offering great views of Munds Mountain, Bear Wallow Canyon and the red rock formations beyond. The trail is level for the next quarter mile and then descends to a saddle separating Schnebly Hill and Munds Mountain at the head of Jacks Canyon. More nice views. Just before reaching the saddle, there is a signed trailhead on the left for Hot Loop. Continue down another 150 yards where there are two more signed trailheads. The Jacks Canyon Trail leads down to the left. | |||||||||||||||
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The Hike House Sedona Trail Rating System provides actual hiker feedback and ratings of each of the Sedona hiking trails. The cumulative trail ratings for the Schnebly Hill Trail submitted by fellow hikers is located above with the Trail Data. Your trail feedback and ratings are an important resource for fellow hikers and provide a personal account of your trail experience from which others may learn. So please hike Sedona, help others, and rate a trail today! |
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Scheurman Mountail Trail
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 By 1 Comment
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Scheurman Mountail Trail
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| This is a good trail that climbs gently for .2 miles to the base of the low mountain, then bends to the left and begins a moderately steep climb up the east flank and onto the basaltic lava of this old volcano. Nice views. The trail turns right (west) into a small drainage and continues to climb, emerging on a low saddle at .5 miles where it intersects a north/south trail. Turn right (north) and follow the path as it climbs gently for .25 miles to the mountain’s high point. Go a bit further to the edge for great panoramic views.
Return to the junction with the upcoming trail. For more great views, continue ahead for 50 yards to a well-defined fork. The right branch crosses the top of the mountain and drops down to Lower Red Rock Loop Road. Take the left fork (east) which gently climbs, ending after .33 miles on a point of land among large basalt blocks. This vantage point offers wonderful views all around. Return by the same route. This trail is unshaded and can be hot in summer. The elevation at the trailhead is 4,450 feet. The high point is 4,800 feet, a gain of 350 feet. |
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The Hike House Sedona Trail Rating System provides actual hiker feedback and ratings of each of the Sedona hiking trails. The cumulative trail ratings for the Scheurman Mountail Trail submitted by fellow hikers is located above with the Trail Data. Your trail feedback and ratings are an important resource for fellow hikers and provide a personal account of your trail experience from which others may learn. So please hike Sedona, help others, and rate a trail today! |
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Rupp Trail
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 By 1 Comment
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Rupp Trail
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| This interconnected series of trails lies at the northern edge of Sedona near Dry Creek. included are the Girdner, Arizona Cypress, Dawa, Cockscomb, Rupp, OK Trails. These trails may be reached using the three trailheads shown below or by using either of the two Girdner trailheads. Various loop hikes can be made by combining all or parts of several trails and a number of one-way hikes can be made using arranged transportation at a second trailhead. In general, these trails are well suited to biking, have easy to moderate grades with little overall elevation change, are well signed, but have sparse shade.
The Arizona Cypress Trail begins at its trailhead (see “Access” below) by the old borrow pit and goes southwest over the level, sandy ground of a closed jeep road beside Dry Creek. At .7 miles, it intersects the south end of the OK Trail and continues southwest for another half mile where it meets the end of the Dawa Trail. Here, the Arizona Cypress Trail turns southeast and continues .7 miles to its end at the Girdner Trail. There are nice views along the way. The Cockscomb Trail goes south from its trailhead along a jeep road for .3 miles, bends west for .2 miles, then goes southeast along a closed jeep road skirting the face of Doe Mountain. It intersects the Dawa Trail at 1 mile, turns to the southwest, and ends at 1.8 miles near the Cockscomb. |
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The Hike House Sedona Trail Rating System provides actual hiker feedback and ratings of each of the Sedona hiking trails. The cumulative trail ratings for the Rupp Trail submitted by fellow hikers is located above with the Trail Data. Your trail feedback and ratings are an important resource for fellow hikers and provide a personal account of your trail experience from which others may learn. So please hike Sedona, help others, and rate a trail today! |
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Ridge Trail
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 By 2 Comments
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Ridge Trail
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| This interconnected series of trails lie within Sedona, but are mostly well out of sight of developed areas. They are accessed from three trailheads shown below. A loop hike can be made combining parts of two trails and one-way hikes can be made using arranged transportation at a second trailhead. These trails have easy to moderate grades with little overall elevation change and are well signed, but have little shade.The 2.0 mile Ridge Trail starts from its northern junction with the Old Post Trail. After 150 yards, the Bandit Trail, a half-mile long connector to the Airport Loop Trail, forks to the left. The Carroll Canyon Trail is joined for 1/4 mile before it branches right and the Ridge Trail continues south on a moderate ascent for the next half mile beside the slope of Airport Mesa on the left. There are good views to the north. It tops out, then descends over the up-thrown rock of the Cathedral fault. For the last half-mile, the trail descends gradually along a ridge line before ending at Chavez Ranch Road. | |||||||||||||||
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The Hike House Sedona Trail Rating System provides actual hiker feedback and ratings of each of the Sedona hiking trails. The cumulative trail ratings for the Ridge Trail submitted by fellow hikers is located above with the Trail Data. Your trail feedback and ratings are an important resource for fellow hikers and provide a personal account of your trail experience from which others may learn. So please hike Sedona, help others, and rate a trail today! |
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Rabbit Ears
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 By 1 Comment
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Rabbit Ears
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| A trail aptly named for its view of the red rock structure known as Rabbit Ears. Rabbit Ears is within the Munds Wilderness area with views of Courthouse Rock. | |||||||||||||||
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The Hike House Sedona Trail Rating System provides actual hiker feedback and ratings of each of the Sedona hiking trails. The cumulative trail ratings for the Rabbit Ears submitted by fellow hikers is located above with the Trail Data. Your trail feedback and ratings are an important resource for fellow hikers and provide a personal account of your trail experience from which others may learn. So please hike Sedona, help others, and rate a trail today! |
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Purtymun Trail
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 By 2 Comments
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Purtymun Trail
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| This trail was originally built in 1896 by the Purtymun Family who lived where the current Junipine resort is now. The family would use this trail to trade goods in Flagstaff. They would leave a wagon on up on the rim and when they need to haul goods to Flagstaff they would lead a horse up the trail and hitch it to the wagon. There was no convenient road from Sedona to Flagstaff until Schnelbly Hill Road. The trail starts at the south side of the garage across from Junipine Resort. | |||||||||||||||
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The Hike House Sedona Trail Rating System provides actual hiker feedback and ratings of each of the Sedona hiking trails. The cumulative trail ratings for the Purtymun Trail submitted by fellow hikers is located above with the Trail Data. Your trail feedback and ratings are an important resource for fellow hikers and provide a personal account of your trail experience from which others may learn. So please hike Sedona, help others, and rate a trail today! |
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