Trips and Trails
Turtle Wall Trail--Red Cliffs Desert Reserve
This very popular and scenic 1-mile trail segment is located in Paradise Canyon and can be accessed indirectly from the Chuckwalla, Halfway Wash, and Gap trailheads.
It is most often hiked as part of a loop trail involving either the Chuckwalla, Paradise Rim, or Halfway Wash trails. Other loop options are avaliable.
Partly a single track dirt trail,and partly a slick rock or slightly rocky trail, it is most popular with hikers and bikers.
From its junction with the Chuckwalla trail it is largely uphill to the junction of the Paradise Rim trail. (See map above).
Most of the trail runs along the bottom of a spectacular rd rock wall incised with grottos, small side canyons, and beautiful arches
A beautiful arch near the east end of the trail
The head of the turtle. The body of the turtle
It really does look like a turtle if your in the right position and angle of the rock.
The sign post at the top of the hill marks the junction of the Turtle Wall and Paradise Rim trails. From this point a loop is possible with the Paradise Rim or the Beck Hill trails or you can backtrack on the Turtle Wall to the Chuckwalla trailhead. This is also where the Gila Trail from the north meets the Turtle Wall and Paradise Rim Trails.