Name: Marcos De Niza Trail
Rating: 4.2

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Land Manager: City of Phoenix - Trails and Desert Preserves

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Marc Fisher

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4.2 from 6 votes

#10

in South Mountain Park/Preserve

#11176

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4.2 from 6 votes

5 Star		33%
4 Star		50%
3 Star		17%
2 Star		0%
1 Star		0%

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#10

in South Mountain Park/Pr…

#346

in Arizona

#11,176

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Jan 1, 2025

C F

Jan 17, 2022

Jack Schwenderman

11h 12m

Dec 21, 2019

V P

2mi

Apr 10, 2019

Mark Williamson

Jan 27, 2019

Angel Davis

Jan 16, 2019

Ryan Hogan

Dec 26, 2018

Dylan DeVries

Light-Medium difficulty hike with good views of the city and surrounding mountains. 0.9mi

Dec 14, 2018

Jim Mullins

Sep 2, 2018

Rock On

Dec 25, 2017

Michelle F

Feb 27, 2017

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Marcos De Niza Trail

“A singletrack, mountain ridge trail with nice views of the east valley and downtown Phoenix. ”

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Point to Point

1,688' 515 m

1,390' 424 m

298' 91 m

112' 34 m

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