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Little Horse Trail No. 61

Unverified trail record: compiled from official agency pages, checked September 26, 2026, not yet field-checked. About this record

Little Horse Trail No. 61 is an official trail in the Sedona Red Rock area, managed by Coconino National Forest (USDA Forest Service). Its published distance is 1.5 miles. The managing agency rates it Moderately easy. Good for beginners. The trailhead is Paved turnout on SR 179 at milepost 309.8. Fees or passes, as published: Red Rock Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required to park at the trailhead. Every fact here was read from an official source on the date shown and has not been independently field-checked; conditions and fees change, so check the agency page before you go. This record was compiled on September 26, 2026.

Managed by Coconino National Forest (USDA Forest Service). Facts compiled from official sources on .

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The published facts, and when we read them

Trail
Little Horse Trail No. 61Checked via: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coconino/recreation/trails/little-horse-trail-no-61
as of August 30, 2026
Trailhead
Paved turnout on SR 179 at milepost 309.8As published: from the junction of Routes 89A and 179 in Sedona, take 179 south 3.6 miles to a paved turnout and trailhead parking on the left (east) at milepost 309.8, 0.2 miles south of the entrance to the United Methodist Church. At the Little Horse Trailhead there is a sign with a map of the trail.Checked via: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coconino/recreation/trails/little-horse-trail-no-61
as of August 30, 2026
Coordinates
34.818611, -111.771361Checked via: GPS printed on the trail page as 34°49'07.0"N 111°46'16.9"W, converted to decimal degrees only (the same string appears on the Templeton and Baldwin pages, where it does not fit; here it matches the described SR 179 trailhead area): https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coconino/recreation/trails/little-horse-trail-no-61
as of August 30, 2026
Route, as published
Return by the same route for a 3-mile roundtrip hike or exit the area by going north on the Broken Arrow Trail with arranged transportation at its trailheadChecked via: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coconino/recreation/trails/little-horse-trail-no-61
as of August 30, 2026
Distance, as published
1.5 milesChecked via: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coconino/recreation/trails/little-horse-trail-no-61
as of August 30, 2026
Elevation, as published
Trailhead Elevation: 4,300 ft. Elevation Gain: 330 ft.Checked via: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coconino/recreation/trails/little-horse-trail-no-61
as of August 30, 2026
Difficulty, as published
Moderately easy. Good for beginnersChecked via: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coconino/recreation/trails/little-horse-trail-no-61
as of August 30, 2026
Dogs
Not published by the sourceChecked via: No dogs or pets line is printed on https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coconino/recreation/trails/little-horse-trail-no-61; nothing was borrowed from elsewhere.
as of August 30, 2026
Fees / pass
Red Rock Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required to park at the trailheadChecked via: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coconino/recreation/trails/little-horse-trail-no-61
as of August 30, 2026
Managed by
Coconino National Forest (USDA Forest Service)Checked via: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coconino/recreation/trails/little-horse-trail-no-61
as of August 30, 2026
Free shuttle stop
North SR 179 Park & Ride (1294 SR 179)Checked via: https://sedonashuttle.com/how-to-ride/ (the Trailhead Shuttle serves "Little Horse" from the North SR 179 Park & Ride)
as of September 26, 2026
Facts compiled on
September 26, 2026Checked via: Compiled verbatim from the official Coconino National Forest trail page (its footer showed 'Last updated July 30, 2025'); the shuttle stop was added from sedonashuttle.com on 2026-09-26 (CAIRN-10). Not independently field-checked.
as of September 26, 2026

Which Little Horse

No. 61 is the Sedona hiking trail toward Chicken Point off the Bell Rock Pathway. The same official site also lists a "Little Horse Trail No. 247" — a different, motorized trail in the Munds Park Trail System. This record uses only the No. 61 page.

A trailhead maintenance window ahead

A district alert (June 8 - September 15, 2026) lists a temporary maintenance closure of Little Horse Vista on Monday, September 14, 2026, 7 to 9:30 a.m. The page suggests the free Sedona Shuttle (Thursday through Sunday) and notes the trail is mostly unshaded and hot in summer.

Nearby trails

The 4 other trail records here whose coordinates are closest to this one's. Each figure is a straight line between the two records' coordinates, not a route, a drive or a hiking time.

This trail record was compiled verbatim from official sources — Forest Service and other agency pages — and has not been independently field-checked. Each fact shows the date it was read and the page it came from. Conditions, closures and fees change; check the managing agency's page before you go. If anything is wrong, corrections are free: email thomas@sedonatechsolutions.com.

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