Visitors, please stay on the Trail .
Special thanks to the landowners who have granted the Anza Trail an easement across their land.
Where Am I?
There are quarter mile signs along the trail - some on posts, some on trees.
If you need assistance on the trail, find a distance locator sign then click this button to help give first responders your precise location.
Golf Resort Trail: Round Trip 1.8 miles
Begin at the east end of Calle Iglesias at the Leila Pearsall Memorial Rock. Proceed along the trail north to paved Bridge Road and over to the north shoulder of the road. Follow the fenceline to the right (east) to the open gate. Stay to the left at the fork in the trail just north of the gate. Follow the marked trail to the golf course maintenance road adjacent to the driving range. Return by the same route. If you proceed onto the golf course, use extreme caution as it is active.
Presidio Loop Trail: 1.5 miles
Begin at the gravel parking lot at the entrance to the park property and follow the trail east and south across the Tubac Wash, through the archaeological conservancy site, and into a large treeless area. Skirt along the vegetation, follow the treeline east to a gate and continue north along the trail to the Leila Pearsall Memorial Rock placed on the trail. Exit the trail onto Calle Iglesias road and amble back west along it to Burruel Street and then south to the gravel parking lot. If you go just to the ramada and back, it's about 1.1 miles.
Clark Crossing Trail: Round trip 3 miles
Proceed south from Clark Crossing along marked trail to the Mission.
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Santa Gertrudis Lane to Richard Williams Trailhead on Palo Parado 3.5 miles
There is parking at the trailhead but most people park at the wide area along the frontage road instead. This is a popular spot for birders! The trail winds through the shady riparian area for 3.5 miles so having a second vehicle parked at the next trailhead is handy. The trail does not follow the river, for the most part, but there is at least one wooden bridge over it that may be washed out during monsoon storms. These bridges are replaced, usually in September, once the monsoons have ended.
Richard Williams to Guy Tobin Trailhead
5.5 miles
Heading south from Palo Parado, you can take the pedestrian gate from the far end of the trailhead, but turn right towards Palo Parado. As you carefully cross this sometimes busy road, there are two gates that lead into the field on the other side. One is a Texas gate. Do NOT use that hard-to-open one. The other is a pedestrian gate that you wind through. This is the official gate. It is east (left) of the other one. The first section of this part of the trail goes through a field, then into the riparian area and even for a short stretch, along the raiload tracks. The north end is quite wild. More people access this section from Guy Tobin Trailhead just east of I-19 Exit 17. Just north from that trailhead is the only footbridge. The trail goes under the traffic bridge and then under a tunnel of trees along a field for the first section. One caution on this long stretch is that about mid-distance the property-owner occasionally locks a gate across the tail preventing access during calving. Send us an email if you are planning to make this long hike end-to-end to inquire about the status of that gate.
One note: Retaque fences consist of two rows of upright stakes with cross pieces between them to serve as the barrier. Used since Spanish colonial times, the railroad has adopted this style of fencing to protect the tracks from river flooding. They used spare rail road parts as the uprights and the fill. You will see a lot of these in this section of trail.
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