Prescott National Forest · Arizona

Granite Mountain

4.0 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 0261 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · hiking, horse, bike

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 34.6155, -112.5515 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Metate Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

<ul> <li>$5 per vehicle; Free every Wednesday!</li> </ul> · season Year-round to

Provides access to trails in the Granite Mountain Wilderness, as well as trails in the Granite Basin Recreation Area.

Granite Basin Recreation Area Brochure (1.54 MB)

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Note: This site closes following especially heavy snow and when the roads are too icy. If you plan to visit and want to make sure it is open, please contact the Bradshaw Ranger Station: 928-443-8000. For more information when the office is closed, please check the right-hand column under "Alerts and Warnings" to see if there are current conditions reported for this recreation site.

Facilities

2 picnic tables

Drinking water

Vault toilet

Garbage service

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Williamson Valley Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

No · season Year-round to

The Williamson Valley Trailhead accesses the east side of Granite Mountain. It has plentiful parking and room for trailers to park and turn-around.

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Facilities

No drinking water

Vault toilet

No garbage service- Please pack it out

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Every trail in Prescott National Forest

All 314 trails in Prescott National ForestFind a trailForest on fs.usda.gov

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.