5k Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Papago Park near Wheel Inn Ranch, AZ. It is mostly level, with 201 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,214 – 1,371 ft4.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.47097, -111.94791
Nearest town Wheel Inn Ranch, AZ
Directions
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5k Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 201 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 1,213–1,371 ft
Out & Back · Papago Park
Trailhead: 33.47097, -111.94791
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Transit-accessible: McDowell Rd & 64th St stop 634 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 400 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Double Butte Loop, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Big Butte Loop, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto 5k Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Elliot Ramada Loop, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto 5k Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Elliot Ramada Loop, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto 5k Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Elliot Ramada Loop, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto 5k Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Elliot Ramada Loop, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto 5k Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Elliot Ramada Loop, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto 5k Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftReach 5k Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Elliot Ramada Loop, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto 5k Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Elliot Ramada Loop, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto 5k Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Elliot Ramada Loop, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto 5k Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Elliot Ramada Loop, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto 5k Trail, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Elliot Ramada Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto 5k Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Butte Loop, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Double Butte Loop, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
84% dirt8% paved8% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 6:51 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:19 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: McDowell Rd & 64th St stop 634 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Double Butte Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 209 ft
- Double Butte Loop 2.4 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Double Butte Loop 2.4 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Elliot Ramada Loop 2.6 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Double Butte Loop 2.6 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Elliot Ramada Loop 3 mi · ▲ 193 ft
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