Walker Basin
- 14.5 mi
- round trip
- 2,042 ft
- climb
- 5,979 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
Walker Basin is a hard hike in the Red Rock Ranger District of Coconino National Forest in Arizona, managed by the Forest Service. The route is an out-and-back of about 14.5 miles, with a total elevation gain of 2,042 feet, taking you from a low point of about 4,000 feet to a high of nearly 6,000 feet. The most comfortable months for the trip are typically May and September, when typical averages from a nearby weather station run from highs around 69°F to 76°F and lows in the low 30s to low 40s. July and August are warmer, with highs in the low 80s, and August brings the most wet days of the year. Sacred Mountain, a mountain biking area, sits about 1.6 miles away, and the V Bar V Entry Trail #94B is about 2.1 miles off. Climbers can head to Wet Beaver Crack, about 3.8 miles away, and paddlers to Wet Beaver Creek, about 5.2 miles away.
- Sacred MountainMountain biking1.6 mi
- CraneMountain biking2 mi
- V Bar V Entry Trail #94BHiking2.1 mi
Wet Beaver CrackRock climbingPhoto: Coconino National Forest, CC0 (via Wikimedia Commons)3.8 mi- Wet Beaver CreekCanoeing5.2 mi
- Dry Beaver CreekCanoeing6.2 mi
- West Clear CreekCanoeing8.6 mi
- Thirteen Mile RockRock climbing9.3 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
