Trail Races & Routes in Arizona
Explore 200 trail running and hiking routes across Arizona. 2 organized races and 198 training routes covering distances from 2.2 mi to 256.2 mi. Elevation gains range from 78 ft to 35,462 ft. View detailed terrain intelligence for every route.
Key Takeaways
Total Routes
200
Races / Routes
2 / 198
Distance Range
2.2 mi - 256.2 mi
Elevation Range
78 ft - 35,462 ft
Most Popular Distance
Other (166)
Surface Type
100% Trail
| Route Name | Location | Distance | Elevation Gain | Type | Race Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javelina Jundred | Maricopa County, Arizona | 98.9 mi | 11,998 ft | race | — |
| Cocodona 250 | Prescott National Forest, Arizona | 256.2 mi | 35,462 ft | race | — |
| Camelback Mountain (AZ) | Maricopa County, Arizona | 2.2 mi | 1,293 ft | route | — |
| Camelback via Cholla TH | Maricopa County, Arizona | 2.7 mi | 1,369 ft | route | — |
| Safford (Sombrero) Peak | Pima County, Arizona | 3.5 mi | 1,480 ft | route | — |
| Lookout Connector Trail | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Arizona | 3.8 mi | 345 ft | route | — |
| Monte Vista Trail #221 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 3.9 mi | 2,746 ft | route | — |
| Trail 261 | Prescott National Forest, Arizona | 4.0 mi | 1,582 ft | route | — |
| Winter Cabin #70 | Sycamore Canyon Wilderness, Arizona | 4.1 mi | 2,262 ft | route | — |
| Fisher Canyon Trail #991 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 4.1 mi | 1,786 ft | route | — |
| Gooseneck Trail #112 | Kaibab National Forest, Arizona | 4.1 mi | 237 ft | route | — |
| Kendrick Mountain Trail | Kaibab National Forest, Arizona | 4.2 mi | 2,660 ft | route | — |
| Chihuahua Pines Connector Trail | Show Low, Arizona | 4.2 mi | 427 ft | route | — |
| Rasberry Ridge Trail #228 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 4.2 mi | 3,131 ft | route | — |
| Bug Springs Trail | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 4.2 mi | 512 ft | route | — |
| Pipestem Trail #271 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 4.3 mi | 1,518 ft | route | — |
| Pumpkin Trail #39 | Kaibab National Forest, Arizona | 4.3 mi | 2,868 ft | route | — |
| Sawmill Connector Trail | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Arizona | 4.3 mi | 238 ft | route | — |
| Queen Victoria Spire (AZ) | Coconino County, Arizona | 4.4 mi | 1,227 ft | route | — |
| Sunnyside Canyon Trail #117 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 4.4 mi | 2,592 ft | route | — |
| Trail 306 | North Mountain Preserve, Arizona | 4.5 mi | 780 ft | route | — |
| Elden Lookout Trail | Coconino National Forest, Arizona | 4.5 mi | 3,938 ft | route | — |
| Long Canyon #122 | Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, Arizona | 4.6 mi | 1,055 ft | route | — |
| Widforss Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 4.6 mi | 583 ft | route | — |
| Deer Creek Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 4.6 mi | 1,827 ft | route | — |
| Kendrick Peak (AZ) | Coconino County, Arizona | 4.6 mi | — | route | — |
| Turkey Creek Trail #92 | Coconino National Forest, Arizona | 4.6 mi | 1,124 ft | route | — |
| Pipeline Trail | Coconino National Forest, Arizona | 4.7 mi | 428 ft | route | — |
| Arcadia Trail #328 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 4.7 mi | 510 ft | route | — |
| Old Bright Angel Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 4.7 mi | 4,145 ft | route | — |
| Forces of Nature Trail | Coconino National Forest, Arizona | 4.7 mi | 494 ft | route | — |
| Loy Canyon #5 | Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, Arizona | 4.8 mi | 1,861 ft | route | — |
| Red Rock Canyon Trail #223 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 4.8 mi | 2,058 ft | route | — |
| Rucker Trail #222 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 4.8 mi | 225 ft | route | — |
| Parker Canyon Lakeshore Trail | Cochise County, Arizona | 4.8 mi | 318 ft | route | — |
| Crest Trail #270C | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 4.8 mi | 1,144 ft | route | — |
| O'Leary Trail | Coconino National Forest, Arizona | 4.9 mi | 78 ft | route | — |
| Shingle Mill Trail #35 | Graham County, Arizona | 4.9 mi | 3,119 ft | route | — |
| Secret Canyon #121 | Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, Arizona | 4.9 mi | 1,021 ft | route | — |
| Harquahala Mountain (AZ) | La Paz County, Arizona | 5.0 mi | 3,352 ft | route | — |
| Komo Point Trail | Coconino County, Arizona | 5.0 mi | 139 ft | route | — |
| Gateway Loop Trail | McDowell Sonoran Preserve, Arizona | 5.0 mi | 634 ft | route | — |
| Boynton Canyon #47 | Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, Arizona | 5.0 mi | 848 ft | route | — |
| Bear Canyon Trail #299 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 5.0 mi | 3,835 ft | route | — |
| Granite Mountain (AZ) | Yavapai County, Arizona | 5.1 mi | 1,515 ft | route | — |
| Granite Mountain | Prescott National Forest, Arizona | 5.1 mi | 1,515 ft | route | — |
| Ladybug Trail #329 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 5.1 mi | 3,988 ft | route | — |
| Woods Canyon #93 | Coconino National Forest, Arizona | 5.2 mi | 678 ft | route | — |
| John's Canyon Trail #313 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 5.2 mi | 3,061 ft | route | — |
| Burro Trail #240 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 5.2 mi | 1,423 ft | route | — |
| Taylor Trail #306 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 5.2 mi | 2,336 ft | route | — |
| Templeton #156 | Coconino National Forest, Arizona | 5.2 mi | 507 ft | route | — |
| Secret Mountain #109 | Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, Arizona | 5.2 mi | 1,091 ft | route | — |
| Sunset Trail | Coconino National Forest, Arizona | 5.2 mi | 756 ft | route | — |
| Grant Goudy Ridge Trail #310 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 5.3 mi | 3,870 ft | route | — |
| Inner Basin Trail #29 | Kachina Peaks Wilderness, Arizona | 5.3 mi | 2,274 ft | route | — |
| Clark Peak Trail #301 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 5.3 mi | 2,846 ft | route | — |
| Francois Matthes Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 5.3 mi | 84 ft | route | — |
| New Hance Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 5.4 mi | 336 ft | route | — |
| Bassett Peak Trail #287C | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 5.4 mi | 713 ft | route | — |
| Dutch Henry Canyon Trail #297 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 5.4 mi | 4,392 ft | route | — |
| Kachina Trail #150 | Kachina Peaks Wilderness, Arizona | 5.4 mi | 685 ft | route | — |
| Kelsey Spring #3 | Sycamore Canyon Wilderness, Arizona | 5.4 mi | 951 ft | route | — |
| Shake Tree Trail # 44 | Tonto National Forest, Arizona | 5.6 mi | 602 ft | route | — |
| Sycamore Trail #278 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 5.6 mi | 1,827 ft | route | — |
| Peralta Trail #102 | Tonto National Forest, Arizona | 5.6 mi | 1,425 ft | route | — |
| South Canyon Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 5.6 mi | 3,021 ft | route | — |
| General Crook Connector | Navajo County, Arizona | 5.7 mi | 999 ft | route | — |
| Dogie #116 | Sycamore Canyon Wilderness, Arizona | 5.7 mi | 1,241 ft | route | — |
| Wilson Mountain #10 | Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, Arizona | 5.7 mi | 2,431 ft | route | — |
| Blackett's Ridge (AZ) | Pima County, Arizona | 5.7 mi | 1,752 ft | route | — |
| The Flatiron (AZ) | Pinal County, Arizona | 5.7 mi | 3,340 ft | route | — |
| Rim Lakes Vista Trail #622 | Tonto National Forest, Arizona | 5.8 mi | 290 ft | route | — |
| Holdout Trail #69 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 5.8 mi | 403 ft | route | — |
| Escudilla Mountain | Apache County, Arizona | 5.9 mi | 1,480 ft | route | — |
| Gardner Canyon Trail #67 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 6.2 mi | 3,892 ft | route | — |
| YLE Trail #288 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 6.2 mi | 2,730 ft | route | — |
| Humphreys Summit Trail #151 | Kachina Peaks Wilderness, Arizona | 6.3 mi | 3,362 ft | route | — |
| Ash Creek Trail #307 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 6.3 mi | 4,954 ft | route | — |
| Baboquivari Peak (AZ) | Pima County, Arizona | 6.3 mi | 3,705 ft | route | — |
| Jumpup-Nail Trail #8 | Kaibab National Forest, Arizona | 6.4 mi | 2,716 ft | route | — |
| Price Canyon Trail #224 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 6.4 mi | 1,448 ft | route | — |
| Murry Basin Trail | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Arizona | 6.5 mi | 380 ft | route | — |
| Heart Trail | Coconino National Forest, Arizona | 6.5 mi | 1,441 ft | route | — |
| Tanner Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 6.6 mi | 402 ft | route | — |
| Finger Rock-Pontatoc Loop | Pima County, Arizona | 6.6 mi | 2,530 ft | route | — |
| Jacks Canyon #55 | Munds Mountain Wilderness, Arizona | 6.6 mi | 2,113 ft | route | — |
| Boucher Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 6.7 mi | 715 ft | route | — |
| Safford-Morenci Trail | Graham County, Arizona | 6.7 mi | 605 ft | route | — |
| Mount Glenn (AZ) | Cochise County, Arizona | 6.9 mi | 2,881 ft | route | — |
| Spring Mountain Trail | Coconino National Forest, Arizona | 6.9 mi | 430 ft | route | — |
| Sycamore Basin #63 | Prescott National Forest, Arizona | 6.9 mi | 849 ft | route | — |
| Scotia Canyon Trail #127 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 7.0 mi | 850 ft | route | — |
| Italian Spring Trail #95 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 7.0 mi | 2,748 ft | route | — |
| Devil's Playground Loop (AZ) | Navajo County, Arizona | 7.0 mi | 397 ft | route | — |
| Red Basin Clam Beds Loop (AZ) | Apache County, Arizona | 7.2 mi | 200 ft | route | — |
| Chinaman Trail #137 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 7.2 mi | 1,590 ft | route | — |
| Rock Creek Trail #259 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 7.2 mi | 3,193 ft | route | — |
| Chipmunk Springs Connector Trail | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Arizona | 7.3 mi | 641 ft | route | — |
| Walhalla Glades Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 7.3 mi | 166 ft | route | — |
| Grandview Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 7.3 mi | 3,621 ft | route | — |
| Black Rock Trail #292 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 7.5 mi | 1,309 ft | route | — |
| Gordon Hirabayashi lollipop | Mount Lemmon, Arizona | 7.5 mi | 1,237 ft | route | — |
| Slide Canyon Trail #58 | Kaibab National Forest, Arizona | 7.6 mi | 114 ft | route | — |
| Clear Creek Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 7.8 mi | 2,663 ft | route | — |
| Bear Flat Trail #178 | Tonto National Forest, Arizona | 7.9 mi | 1,124 ft | route | — |
| Snowshed Trail #246 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 8.0 mi | 214 ft | route | — |
| Superstition Peak | Pinal County, Arizona | 8.1 mi | 3,047 ft | route | — |
| Legends of Superior Trail | Tonto National Forest, Arizona | 8.2 mi | 646 ft | route | — |
| Beamer Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 8.2 mi | 1,294 ft | route | — |
| Bright Angel Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 8.3 mi | 4,845 ft | route | — |
| Black Mesa Loop (Superstition Wilderness) | Maricopa County, Arizona | 8.3 mi | 1,013 ft | route | — |
| Black Mesa Loop | Tonto National Forest, Arizona | 8.3 mi | 1,013 ft | route | — |
| North Canyon Trail | Kaibab National Forest, Arizona | 8.3 mi | 296 ft | route | — |
| Chaves #654 | Coconino National Forest, Arizona | 8.4 mi | 1,600 ft | route | — |
| Quartz Trail | Scottsdale, Arizona | 8.4 mi | 1,508 ft | route | — |
| Jacob Canyon Route #35 | Kaibab National Forest, Arizona | 8.5 mi | 1,051 ft | route | — |
| Panorama Trail | Navajo County, Arizona | 8.5 mi | 629 ft | route | — |
| Timber Mesa Trail | Show Low, Arizona | 8.6 mi | 660 ft | route | — |
| Blue Ridge Trail | Navajo County, Arizona | 8.7 mi | 794 ft | route | — |
| Schultz Creek Trail | Coconino National Forest, Arizona | 8.8 mi | 560 ft | route | — |
| Ken Patrick Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 8.9 mi | 1,830 ft | route | — |
| Mount Lemmon Loop CW | Pima County, Arizona | 9.0 mi | 2,341 ft | route | — |
| South Kaibab Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 9.0 mi | 4,791 ft | route | — |
| Cottonwood Mountain Trail #66 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 9.0 mi | 3,721 ft | route | — |
| Phoneline Loop CCW | Pima County, Arizona | 9.0 mi | 1,119 ft | route | — |
| South Bass Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 9.1 mi | 5,593 ft | route | — |
| Land of the Pioneers | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Arizona | 9.1 mi | 874 ft | route | — |
| Four Springs Trail | Apache County, Arizona | 9.3 mi | 1,092 ft | route | — |
| Rimview Trail | Page, Arizona | 9.5 mi | 480 ft | route | — |
| Bellota Trail #15 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 9.5 mi | 1,599 ft | route | — |
| Mount Kimball (AZ) | Pima County, Arizona | 9.5 mi | 4,203 ft | route | — |
| Tortilla Trail #254 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 9.7 mi | 2,343 ft | route | — |
| Buena Vista Trail Loop 2 | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Arizona | 9.7 mi | 1,053 ft | route | — |
| Crest Trail #103 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 9.7 mi | 1,741 ft | route | — |
| North Bass Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 9.8 mi | 975 ft | route | — |
| Mooney #12 | Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, Arizona | 9.9 mi | 1,464 ft | route | — |
| Humphreys Peak (AZ) | Coconino County, Arizona | 9.9 mi | 3,443 ft | route | — |
| General Crook 140 | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Arizona | 9.9 mi | 1,011 ft | route | — |
| Havasupai Trail | Supai, Arizona | 10.0 mi | 3,778 ft | route | — |
| Jacob's Crosscut | Tonto National Forest, Arizona | 10.0 mi | 300 ft | route | — |
| Weatherford Trail #102 | Kachina Peaks Wilderness, Arizona | 10.1 mi | 4,203 ft | route | — |
| Hermit Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 10.2 mi | 5,319 ft | route | — |
| Nuttall Trail #303 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 10.2 mi | 822 ft | route | — |
| Pine Canyon Trail #26 | Tonto National Forest, Arizona | 10.3 mi | 3,001 ft | route | — |
| Perl Charles Trail 1A | Phoenix Mountains Preserve, Arizona | 10.4 mi | 1,707 ft | route | — |
| Aravaipa Canyon Trail | Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness, Arizona | 10.4 mi | 3,095 ft | route | — |
| Escalante Route | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 10.5 mi | 2,449 ft | route | — |
| South Mountain Loop via Bursera Trailhead (AZ) | Maricopa County, Arizona | 10.5 mi | 2,233 ft | route | — |
| Hot Loop #40 | Munds Mountain Wilderness, Arizona | 10.6 mi | 2,696 ft | route | — |
| Sycamore Rim Trail (AZ) | Coconino County, Arizona | 10.8 mi | 1,042 ft | route | — |
| Gibson Canyon Trail #308 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 10.8 mi | 4,612 ft | route | — |
| Esplanade Route | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 10.9 mi | 2,393 ft | route | — |
| MT. Wrightson via Old Baldy | Santa Cruz County, Arizona | 10.9 mi | 4,020 ft | route | — |
| Tiyo Point Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 11.2 mi | 844 ft | route | — |
| Sedona Triple Crown (AZ) | Yavapai County, Arizona | 11.5 mi | 1,969 ft | route | — |
| Nankoweap Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 11.5 mi | 6,032 ft | route | — |
| Desert Classic Trail | South Mountain Park and Preserve, Arizona | 11.8 mi | 707 ft | route | — |
| Thunder River Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 12.0 mi | 4,527 ft | route | — |
| Juniper Ridge Trail | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Arizona | 12.1 mi | 1,339 ft | route | — |
| Round the Mountain Trail #302 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 12.1 mi | 3,897 ft | route | — |
| National Trail | South Mountain Park and Preserve, Arizona | 12.2 mi | 2,162 ft | route | — |
| Kachina Peaks Loop | Coconino County, Arizona | 12.2 mi | 6,292 ft | route | — |
| Kachina Peaks Traverse | Coconino County, Arizona | 12.2 mi | 6,292 ft | route | — |
| Ghost of Coyote Trail | Navajo County, Arizona | 12.3 mi | 950 ft | route | — |
| South Fork Trail #243 | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 12.5 mi | 3,612 ft | route | — |
| North Kaibab Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 12.6 mi | 2,792 ft | route | — |
| Royal Arch Route | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 12.7 mi | 1,179 ft | route | — |
| Powers Garden Trail #96 | Graham County, Arizona | 12.7 mi | 1,362 ft | route | — |
| Mt Wrightson (AZ) | Santa Cruz County, Arizona | 13.3 mi | 3,595 ft | route | — |
| Oldham Trail | Coconino National Forest, Arizona | 13.3 mi | 2,619 ft | route | — |
| Little Elden Trail | Coconino National Forest, Arizona | 13.6 mi | 1,207 ft | route | — |
| Los Burros Trail | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Arizona | 14.0 mi | 1,339 ft | route | — |
| Brady Hollow Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 14.2 mi | 555 ft | route | — |
| Los Caballos Trail | Navajo County, Arizona | 14.8 mi | 1,484 ft | route | — |
| Arizona Trail #2 Canelo Hills East | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 14.9 mi | 2,366 ft | route | — |
| Catalina State Park All Trails (AZ) | Pima County, Arizona | 15.0 mi | 1,583 ft | route | — |
| Rincon Peak | Pima County, Arizona | 15.6 mi | 4,546 ft | route | — |
| Cape Solitude Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 16.1 mi | 1,738 ft | route | — |
| South Kaibab Rim to CO River to South Bright Angel Rim - [Grand Canyon] | Coconino County, Arizona | 17.7 mi | 4,995 ft | route | — |
| Arizona Trail #1 Huachuca Mountains | Coronado National Forest, Arizona | 18.1 mi | 4,563 ft | route | — |
| Rim Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 18.2 mi | 1,811 ft | route | — |
| Charles M. Christiansen Trail 100 | Phoenix Mountains Preserve, Arizona | 18.5 mi | 1,008 ft | route | — |
| Three Pass Loop (AZ) | Coconino County, Arizona | 18.7 mi | 3,674 ft | route | — |
| Lime Kiln #82 | Coconino National Forest, Arizona | 18.9 mi | 1,570 ft | route | — |
| Four Peaks Trail #130 | Tonto National Forest, Arizona | 20.2 mi | 3,909 ft | route | — |
| Navajo Trail #19 | Kaibab National Forest, Arizona | 20.3 mi | 2,105 ft | route | — |
| Esperero Cathedral Loop | Pima County, Arizona | 20.4 mi | 4,846 ft | route | — |
| Upper Lookout Canyon Trail #120 | Coconino County, Arizona | 20.6 mi | 1,462 ft | route | — |
| Phoenix Phearsome Phour (AZ) | Maricopa County, Arizona | 20.8 mi | 5,024 ft | route | — |
| Superstition Ridgeline (AZ) | Pinal County, Arizona | 20.9 mi | 7,861 ft | route | — |
| Catalina State Park All Trails (AZ) | Pima County, Arizona | 21.5 mi | 2,329 ft | route | — |
| Point Sublime Trail | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | 21.5 mi | 2,443 ft | route | — |
| Grand Canyon Crossings (AZ) | Coconino County, Arizona | 22.1 mi | 6,346 ft | route | — |
| Ranger Trail #41 | Kaibab National Forest, Arizona | 22.1 mi | 1,621 ft | route | — |
| Front Range Triple (AZ) | Pima County, Arizona | 22.1 mi | 7,752 ft | route | — |
| Aravaipa Canyon | Pinal County, Arizona | 22.3 mi | 633 ft | route | — |
| Mount Lemmon (AZ) | Pima County, Arizona | 24.2 mi | 7,257 ft | route | — |
| Beale Wagon Road Historic Trail #61 | Coconino County, Arizona | 24.8 mi | 689 ft | route | — |
| Cochise Stronghold Loop (AZ) | Cochise County, Arizona | 25.0 mi | 3,049 ft | route | — |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many trail races are in Arizona?
There are 2 organized races and 198 self-supported routes available in Arizona.
What is the average elevation gain in Arizona?
The average elevation gain is 2,294 feet, with routes ranging from 78 to 35,462 feet.
What distances are available in Arizona?
Available distances include: 100 Mile, Ultra, 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon.
Can these trail routes in Arizona be used for hiking?
Yes. 100% of these routes are on trail surfaces, making them suitable for both trail running and hiking. The terrain analysis and elevation profiles help hikers plan their adventures just as effectively as runners.
What's the best time of year to run trails in Arizona?
Trail running conditions in Arizona vary by season and elevation. Check the race date column for organized events, which are typically scheduled during optimal weather windows. For year-round training routes, elevation profiles help you plan for seasonal conditions.
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