Axle Grease
3.4 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Axle Grease is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Sincuidados, AZ. It is mostly level, with 85 ft of elevation gain. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Axle Grease
3.4 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 2,409–2,513 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.77337, -111.89108
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 95°F / low 77° · precip 4% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Axle Grease, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Hawknest Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Axle Grease, heading NW.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 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 6:29 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:49 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:15 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Axle Grease 3 mi · ▲ 57 ft
- Axle Grease 3.3 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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