Tonto National Forest · Arizona

Arizona Trail

23 mi of trail, end to end · about 2,200 ft of climbing · 2,317 ft–3,750 ft · native material surface · trail No. 222 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, bike

Trailhead Picket Post Trailhead 2,403 ft Drive there

Picket Post Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

No fees · season January to

Accessible toilet building, interpretive signs, pack it in pack it out

Restrictions Stay limit 1 day, trailers under 32', day use only. Overnight parking allowed, but NO camping permitted at trailhead.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Hike this trail · Every trail in Tonto National Forest

About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.