"A" Mountain Tempe
Popular for hiking, this butte at Arizona State University features a 60-foot, concrete letter "A."
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(from Google)Great place for a morning hiking n relaxation. Amazing view of the Tempe Downtown area, ASU Campus & others. Recommend to visit this place if you're in town.
Best Sunset in Tempe. Walking distance to the light rail. The hike is easy you will see lots of kids. Bring your dog 🐕. Bring your out of town guests. Nice family experience.
Quite a good hike for beginners. The climb is steep but the distance is quite less. Pretty easy climb if you can avoid the heat. You get a beautiful view from up top of the Tempe City. There are plenty of parking spots nearby. However, my suggestion would be to take the metro near Mill Ave and start the climb from there.
Christmas Day hike up “A” Mountain. For as long as we’ve been in Phoenix, this has been on our “list” so when we were looking for a quick hike on Christmas we decided to give it a try. I was surprised to see no free parking even on Christmas, though there was plenty of room in the lot. There’s also street parking with meter pay on Mill. It’s not quite clear where the start of the trail is from this location but we just started heading up and quickly found it. It’s relatively short - but steep. Quite the incline. The views along the way are worth the climb. The very peak is blocked with a gate but most visitors ignored it in order to reach the summit, obviously at your own risk. It is a long way down. All in all, a fun quick hike with an amazing view of the valley.
Great short hike to the top of A mountain at ASU. Used to run to the top in the 90s and the skyline has changed dramatically since then. Some of the steps are pretty steep however there is often a walk around for those. Some of the rocks towards the top are a bit slick depending on your shoes so be cautious for a tweaked ankle. Not a difficult or technical hike. I've seen people in Crocs and flip-flops and even 2 year olds (with assistance) at the top. Just don't do it in the middle of summer on the middle of the day because the sun is on it all the time and it gets wicked hot during those months. Winter is nice.