Trail Heads and Parking

There are two trail heads for Lookout Mountain. A northern trail head and a southern trail head.

The northern trail head is on 16th St and Waltann Lane. There is a small circular parking area near the water tank that can hold about twenty cars. This is the main trail head where the 150 and 308 hikes start from. This is also the best trail head to start from to do the summit.

The southern trail head is on Evans Dr and 18th St. This is Lookout Mountain Park and contains parking for probably about fifty or sixty cars.

Hike Distance

The summit trail is just over half a mile. While the perimeter trail is about two and half miles.

Hiking Time

The summit can be done in under thirty minutes and the perimeter track in around an hour.

Hike Elevation

Approximately 500 feet.

Hike Difficulty

For experienced hikers this is not a strenuous hike. For hikers that are starting out or regaining their fitness this is a good summit climb that is a like a mini Echo Canyon on Camelback.

Trail Description

The 150 summit trail and 308 perimeter trail are best started from the southern trail head. Both trails are very clean with graded rocks on the trails. The summit trails is marked by white paint on the rocks to point out the trail.

There is a heavy network of trails across the preserve. They are all graded and have fresh rocks laid on them. It can be a bit like choose your own adventure as you walk round them deciding on a whim to ascend or descend.

Lookout Mountain gives a wonderful view of the north and south. From the summit you can see the McDowell's, Piestewa Peak, Stoney Mountain, North Mountain and the elevated plain to the north.

Trail Map

Lookout Mountain on Google Maps.

This is the main summit seen from the south side.

These are the two smaller summits on the western side seen from the main summit.