Axle Grease
3 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Axle Grease is a 3-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Sincuidados, AZ. It is mostly level, with 57 ft of elevation gain. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Axle Grease
3 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 2,409–2,475 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.77337, -111.89108
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 98°F / low 75° · precip 2% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Axle Grease, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.3 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:31 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:51 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:16 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Axle Grease 3.3 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Axle Grease 3.4 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Axle Grease 3.6 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- East Ashler Hills Drive 4 mi · ▲ 133 ft
- East Ashler Hills Drive 4 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Snake Eyes Trail via Axle Grease 4.3 mi · ▲ 111 ft
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