104th Street Spur & Desert Park Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 35 min
104th Street Spur & Desert Park Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near DC Ranch, AZ. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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104th Street Spur & Desert Park Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 1,680–1,844 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.66708, -111.86293
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 98°F / low 82° · precip 4% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Desert Park Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto 104th Street Spur, heading NE.
- 0.5 miReach Desert Park Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Desert Park Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miArrive 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 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:13 PM — 3 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Desert Park Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Horseshoe Trail via Desert Park Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 214 ft
- Desert Park Trail & Saguaro Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Windgate Pass Viewpoint–Desert Spring Park Lake Loop, 9 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 804 ft
- Inspiration Viewpoint–Windgate Pass Viewpoint, 7 sights 10.6 mi · ▲ 1,920 ft
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