Balanced Rock Trail & Powerline Road #2 Loop
3.3 mi · ▲ 230 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Balanced Rock Trail & Powerline Road #2 Loop is a 3.3-mile loop in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Reata Pass, AZ. It is mostly level, with 230 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Balanced Rock Trail & Powerline Road #2 Loop
3.3 mi · ▲ 230 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 2,582–2,816 ft
Loop · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.77004, -111.78943
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Connector, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Powerline Road #2, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right onto Balanced Rock Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Granite Mtn Loop, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn left onto Saddlehorn Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bootlegger Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftThe loop closes 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 1.5 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 5:48 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Powerline Road #2 2 mi · ▲ 145 ft
- Bootlegger Tank via 136th Street Express 2.7 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Bootlegger Trail & Powerline Road #2 Loop 2.8 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- Scenic View & Bootlegger Trail via Granite Mtn Loop 3 mi · ▲ 195 ft
- Dixileta Trail Loop via 136th Street Express 3.5 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Black Hill Tank–East Dixileta Drive, 3 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 82 ft
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