PINNACLE PEAK
a pleasure hike
Location: Northeast Valley
Address: Pinnacle Peak Park, 26802 N. 102nd Way, Scottsdale (west of Alma School Rd,
between Happy Valley Rd and Dynamite Blvd)
Distance: 3.5 miles
Hike time: about 1.5 to 2 hours roundtrip
Opening hours: daily from dawn to dusk (except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Day)
Direction:
From south: go Pima Rd north to Pinnacle Peak Rd, make a right,
go up to Alma School Rd, make a left, go up to the left-arrow-sign
"Pinnacle Peak Park" (on the right side of the street), make a left.
From west: go east on Freeway 101 to Pima Rd, go north to Pinnacle Peak Rd,...
(then same as above)
Pinnacle Peak Park.
Reopened on April 20th, 2002 - this park provides a nice hiking trail beginning
on the east side of the 3,171 ft high peak.
The hike. Passing the park office building (no entrence fee!)
the trail takes a series of switchbacks.
Along the way you can match numbers close to plants with numbers on
a plant list, which you can get at the entrance building (see the list at the
end).
Soon after passing the sign "Rock Climbing Access Trail" (for climbers only!)
you arrive at the "Grand View" point on the north-east side of the peak.
Take a brake and enjoy a great view towards north and east (with the
Four-Peaks on the horizon). Just a little bit higher you pass the highest
point on the trail (2,889 ft). From there on the descending trail (now westwards)
leads on the north side of the peak to a saddle with a view
to the south over Scottsdale. From here on the trail brings you on the
side of another lower peak to the end and most western point of the trail.
There is no exit or parking so you have to go back the way you came.
Plant numbers and names on the trail:
1) Triangle Leaf Bursage
2) Creosote Bush
3) Christmas Cholla
4) Foothills Palo Verde
5) Banana Yucca
6) Desert Ironwood
7) Saguaro
8) Lichen and Mosses
9) Desert Mistletoe
10) Chuparosa
11) Compass Barrel
12) Teddy Bear Cholla
13) Jojoba
14) Ocotillo
15) Red Berry Juniper
Note: You hike at your own risk. Information found on this site is not
guaranteed to be correct. Please be aware that you are in the desert.
Wear appropriate clothing and shoes and bring plenty of water.
LINKS to more infos about the Pinnacle Peak Park:
Pinnacle Peak Park - official site of the park from the city of Scottsdale
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HikeArizona.com click on 'P' of the trailDEX, then scroll down to Pinnacle Peak
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Phoenix Rock Gym - infos about climbing (click on the link to Pinnacle Peak)
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