Brown's Mountain–Brown's Summit Viewpoint, 10 sights is a 14.7-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Reata Pass, AZ. The route passes Brown's Summit Viewpoint before reaching Brown's Mountain at the turnaround, 7.3 miles in. It climbs 1,068 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,684 – 3,238 ft · steepest grade: 30%15.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: 136th Street Express 33.81200, -111.78689
Nearest town Reata Pass, AZ
Directions
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Brown's Mountain–Brown's Summit Viewpoint, 10 sights
14.7 mi · ▲ 1,068 ft · 5 hr 26 min
Elevation 2,684–3,240 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 136th Street Express · 33.81200, -111.78689
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start on 136th Street Express, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Hawknest Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto 136th Street Express, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hawknest Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto High Desert Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Old Moto Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto High Desert Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 300 ftBear right onto Old Moto Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right onto The Divide Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Diablo Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto The Divide Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right onto Branding Iron Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Cholla Mtn Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Balanced Rock Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Cholla Mtn Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Maverick Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Maverick (Moderate), heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Brown's Ranch Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Wrangler Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Brown's Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Brown's Summit Spur, heading NE.
- 500 ftPass Brown's Summit Viewpoint.
- 150 ftReach Brown's Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Brown's Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Wrangler Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Brown's Ranch Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Maverick (Moderate), heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Maverick Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Cholla Mtn Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Balanced Rock Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cholla Mtn Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Branding Iron Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto The Divide Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto South Diablo Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto The Divide Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Old Moto Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading N.
- 300 ftBear right onto High Desert Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Old Moto Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto High Desert Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Hawknest Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto 136th Street Express, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hawknest Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftSharp left onto 136th Street Express, heading S.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 6:48 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.5 mi in (~142 min). Leave by 4:06 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
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