Cathedral Rock Trail, Village of Oak Creek
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Trails · Village of Oak Creek

Cathedral Rock Trail

Length
0.53 mi
Surface
Native material
Trail class
2 of 5, moderately developed

About

Cathedral Rock Trail is 0.53 miles near Village of Oak Creek, in the Red Rock Ranger District of Coconino National Forest, as trail number 170. Its typical grade is 40 to 50 percent, by a wide margin the steepest figure anywhere listed here. Read that before the mileage: half a mile at that pitch is a scramble, not a walk, and it is the reason people describe this one as hard despite the short distance. It is class 2, on native material. The permitted uses are not posted here. Parking here fills early.

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