Black Hill Tank–East Dixileta Drive, 4 sights is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Sincuidados, AZ. The route reaches Black Hill Tank at the turnaround, 6 miles in. It climbs 686 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Black Hill Tank–East Dixileta Drive, 4 sights
12.3 mi · ▲ 686 ft · 4 hr 27 min
Elevation 2,309–2,810 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.74334, -111.88791
Weather Sep 6: Overcast, high 95°F / low 79° · precip 3% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:06 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Latigo Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Social Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Sidewinder, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Crested Saguaro, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Social Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Rock Tank Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Powerline Road #2, heading NE.
- 2.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Chuckwagon Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Whiskey Bottle Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miBear left onto East Dixileta Drive, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Service Road #4, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Black Hill Tank, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto East Dixileta Drive, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Whiskey Bottle Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miBear left onto Chuckwagon Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Powerline Road #2, heading SW.
- 2.2 miTurn right onto Rock Tank Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Social Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crested Saguaro, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Sidewinder, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear right onto Social Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Latigo Trail, heading SW.
- 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 6:28 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:48 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:13 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Rock Tank–Latigo Trail, 5 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 135 ft
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- Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail & Rock Tank Trail via Powerline Road #2 8 mi · ▲ 497 ft
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