#100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail & Dreamy Draw Bikeway
3.4 mi · ▲ 304 ft · 1 hr 17 min
#100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail & Dreamy Draw Bikeway is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Phoenix Mountains Preserve near The Preserve, AZ. It climbs 304 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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#100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail & Dreamy Draw Bikeway
3.4 mi · ▲ 304 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Elevation 1,339–1,554 ft
Out & Back · Phoenix Mountains Preserve
Trailhead: 33.56763, -112.01297
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 101°F / low 82° · precip 4% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Dreamy Draw Bikeway, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp right onto #1A - Perl Charles Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Dreamy Draw Bikeway, heading SE.
- 0.6 miReach #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto #1A - Perl Charles Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 500 ftBear right onto Dreamy Draw Bikeway, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~44 min). Leave by 5:47 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail Loop 2 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Rattle Saddle Trail Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 398 ft
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail Loop 2.4 mi · ▲ 220 ft
- VOAZ loop Loop via #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 824 ft
- Phoenix Mountains Preserve Viewpoint–#302 - Circumference Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,452 ft
- #302 - Circumference Trail–#304 - Nature Trail, 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 1,299 ft
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