Axle Grease
4 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Axle Grease is a 4-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Sincuidados, AZ. It is mostly level, with 57 ft of elevation gain. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Axle Grease
4 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 2,435–2,513 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.78483, -111.89466
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Axle Grease, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Hawknest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Axle Grease, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 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 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:07 PM — 9 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- East Ashler Hills Drive 2.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- East Ashler Hills Drive 2.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Legend Trail Parkway Connector 3.8 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Axle Grease 3.9 mi · ▲ 29 ft
- Old Trail 20 4.1 mi · ▲ 141 ft
- Axle Grease–Old Trail 19, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 141 ft
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