Big Pine Spring–Big Pine Flat, 5 sights
16 mi · ▲ 4,019 ft · 7 hr 21 min
Big Pine Spring–Big Pine Flat, 5 sights is a 16-mile out-and-back near Horse Mesa, AZ. The route reaches Big Pine Spring at the turnaround, 8 miles in. It climbs 4,019 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Big Pine Spring–Big Pine Flat, 5 sights
16 mi · ▲ 4,019 ft · 7 hr 21 min
Elevation 4,232–5,829 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.72570, -111.40274
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 85°F / low 70° · precip 16% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Ballantine Trail #283, heading N.
- 3.5 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Edward's Park, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto El Oso Road, heading SE.
- 2.7 miSharp left onto Big Pine Flat, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Denton, heading NW.
- 200 ftReach Big Pine Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Big Pine Flat, heading S.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto El Oso Road, heading W.
- 2.7 miSharp left onto Edward's Park, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Ballantine Trail #283, heading W.
- 3.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:28 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:05 PM — 9 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Ballantine Trail #283 8.2 mi · ▲ 2,376 ft
- Ballantine Trail #283 14.8 mi · ▲ 3,230 ft
- Ballantine Trail #283 15 mi · ▲ 3,883 ft
- Edward's Park 15.3 mi · ▲ 3,763 ft
- Circle M Spring via Edward's Park 15.8 mi · ▲ 3,795 ft
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