Chiricahua National Park
A mountain range rising between two deserts, filled with thousands of rhyolite pinnacles and balanced rocks.
- 21named trails
- 18trail miles mapped
- Arizonalocation
Popular hikes in Chiricahua
- Massai Point Nature Trail · about 0.5 mi · Easy
- Bonita Creek Loop · about 0.9 mi · Easy
- Echo Canyon Grottoes · about 1 mi · Easy
- Silver Spur Meadow Trail · about 1.2 mi · Easy
- Sugarloaf Mountain Trail · about 1.8 mi · Moderate
- Lower Rhyolite Canyon Trail · about 3 mi · Easy
- Echo Canyon Loop · about 3.3 mi · Moderate
- Echo Canyon to Visitor Center · about 4.2 mi · Moderate
- Natural Bridge Trail · about 4.8 mi · Moderate
- Inspiration Point Trail · about 5.4 mi · Strenuous
- Heart of Rocks Loop · about 7.3 mi · Strenuous
- The Big Loop · about 9.5 mi · Strenuous
Permits and reservations
No timed entry, parking permit or entry reservation is needed. The park says only camping requires a reservation, and its pages list no entrance fee.
- Vehicle length limits (large vehicles & trailers): There's no turnaround for large vehicles after the Faraway Ranch parking area, about 1 mile past the entrance. Vehicles over 29 feet must park at Faraway, and trailers must be unhitched there (trailers with a campground reservation can go…
- Bonita Canyon Campground: The park's campground requires a reservation, made through Recreation.gov. Vehicles longer than 29 feet (counting bike racks and storage) can scrape the dip in the entrance road, and many sites are small, so read each site's description…
- Backcountry camping: Backcountry camping is prohibited, and there are no public through trails to the Coronado National Forest, so no backcountry permits are issued.
All 21 trails in Chiricahua
- Big Balanced Rock · 1.86 mi round trip · Easy
- Bonita Creek Loop · 1.74 mi round trip · Easy
- Campground · 0.46 mi round trip · Easy
- Echo Canyon · 2.54 mi round trip · Moderate
- Ed Riggs · 1.08 mi round trip · Easy
- Faraway Ranch Trails · 0.74 mi round trip · Easy
- Hailstone · 1.74 mi round trip · Easy
- Heart of Rocks Loop · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
- Inspiration Point · 1.04 mi round trip · Easy
- Lower Rhyolite · 2.92 mi round trip · Moderate
- Massai Point Exhibit Trail · 0.43 mi loop · Easy
- Massai Point Nature · 0.56 mi round trip · Easy
- Massai-Echo Canyon Spur · 0.48 mi round trip · Easy
- Mushroom Rock · 1.94 mi round trip · Easy
- Natural Bridge · 4.74 mi round trip · Moderate
- Sara Deming Trail · 3.06 mi round trip · Moderate
- Silver Spur · 0.46 mi round trip · Easy
- Silver Spur Meadow · 2.22 mi round trip · Easy
- Sugarloaf Lookout · 1.82 mi round trip · Easy
- Upper Rhyolite · 1.9 mi round trip · Easy
- Whitetail Trail · 2.96 mi round trip · Moderate
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