Trail index

Hikes in Southwest

Detailed trail guides with elevation data, GPX downloads, and science-backed difficulty ratings.

Region All Central California International New England Northern California Pacific Northwest Southern California Southwest West
Difficulty Easy Moderate Hard Strenuous Challenging Moderately Strenuous Very Strenuous
Region
All regions 239 Central California 1
Eastern Sierra Inyo National Forest Mammoth Lakes 1 Sequoia & Kings Canyon Sierra Nevada Yosemite
International New England 1
White Mountains 1
Northern California 8
Bay Area 8 Lassen Volcanic North Coast Shasta-Trinity
Pacific Northwest 11
Oregon 9 Washington 2
Southern California 22
Angeles National Forest 3 Cleveland National Forest 4 Laguna Mountains Mojave Desert Orange County 3 San Bernardino Mountains 4 San Diego County 4 San Gabriel Mountains 3 San Gabriel Valley San Jacinto Mountains 1 Santa Ana Mountains Santa Monica Mountains
Southwest 11
Arizona 9 Nevada 2 New Mexico Utah
West 1
Colorado 1 Utah
Difficulty
Easy 1 Moderate 8 Hard Strenuous 19 Challenging 13 Moderately Strenuous 5 Very Strenuous 7
Features
GPX available52
Dog friendly41
11 trails
Hiking Bonanza Peak in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area Strenuous
Nevada
Hiking Bonanza Peak in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area
10 mi
Dist.
2,838 ft
Gain
10,377 ft
Summit
5-7 hours
Time
Out-and-back Dogs OK GPX
Hiking Turtlehead Peak from Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Moderately Strenuous
Nevada
Hiking Turtlehead Peak from Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
5.25 mi
Dist.
2,015 ft
Gain
6,323 ft
Summit
3-4 hours
Time
Out-and-back Dogs OK
Hiking Quartz Peak in the Sierra Estrella Wilderness Strenuous
Arizona
Hiking Quartz Peak in the Sierra Estrella Wilderness
6 mi
Dist.
2,400 ft
Gain
4,052 ft
Summit
3-4 hours
Time
Out-and-back Dogs OK
Hiking Bill Williams Mountain Strenuous
Arizona
Hiking Bill Williams Mountain
7.3 mi
Dist.
2,250 ft
Gain
9,259 ft
Summit
3-4 hours
Time
Out-and-back Dogs OK
Hiking Piestewa Peak from Dreamy Draw Strenuous
Arizona
Hiking Piestewa Peak from Dreamy Draw
6.6 mi
Dist.
1,760 ft
Gain
2,546 ft
Summit
3-4 hours
Time
Out-and-back
Hiking to Humphreys Peak in the Coconino National Forest Challenging
Arizona
Hiking to Humphreys Peak in the Coconino National Forest
10.5 mi
Dist.
3,406 ft
Gain
12,633 ft
Summit
6-8 hours
Time
Out-and-back Dogs OK
Hiking Bear Mountain in Sedona Moderately Strenuous
Arizona
Hiking Bear Mountain in Sedona
4.6 mi
Dist.
2,109 ft
Gain
6,476 ft
Summit
3-4 hours
Time
Out-and-back Dogs OK
Hiking Flatiron via Siphon Draw Very Strenuous
Arizona
Hiking Flatiron via Siphon Draw
6.6 mi
Dist.
3,147 ft
Gain
4,861 ft
Summit
4-5 hours
Time
Out-and-back Dogs OK
Hiking Wasson Peak in Saguaro National Park Strenuous
Arizona
Hiking Wasson Peak in Saguaro National Park
7.7 mi
Dist.
1,886 ft
Gain
4,687 ft
Summit
3-4 hours
Time
Out-and-back
Hiking Picacho Peak via the Hunter Trail Moderately Strenuous
Arizona
Hiking Picacho Peak via the Hunter Trail
3.3 mi
Dist.
2,112 ft
Gain
3,374 ft
Summit
3 hours
Time
Out-and-back
Hiking Fremont Saddle via Peralta Canyon Moderate
Arizona
Hiking Fremont Saddle via Peralta Canyon
4.8 mi
Dist.
1,496 ft
Gain
3,766 ft
Summit
3 hours
Time
Out-and-back Dogs OK