PYRITE TRAIL
PYRITE TRAIL The Pyrite trail traverses several ridges & high passes. One of the most striking features of Skyline Regional Park�s Pyrite Trail is its quiet atmosphere. The fresh-cut route is one of the newest trails in the 8700-acre park located 2 miles north of Interstate 10 in Buckeye. Sierra Estrella Mountains on the far horizon. The moderate-rated path begins 1.4 miles from the trailhead and can be harnessed into several loop hike options. Exploring the park�s western edge, the trail spins off the heavily-travelled Granite Falls-Chuckwalla-Turnbuckle circuit and heads into a cloistered wilderness of sound-stifling mountain peaks and scoured washes. Creosote bloom along the park trails. View from a high pass on Pyrite Trail. The muffled sounds of wind, wings and scampering critters dovetail nicely with the desert solitude. Washes and mountains muffle noise. Like a great actor in an even better play, the silence here is the character that anchors the s...