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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.

Elevation

0 mi2,310 – 2,809 ft13.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.74334, -111.88791
Nearest town Sincuidados, AZ

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Latigo Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right onto Social Trail, heading N.
  4. 150 ftBear left onto Sidewinder, heading NE.
  5. 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 100 ftBear right onto Crested Saguaro, heading NE.
  7. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Social Trail, heading NE.
  9. 100 ftTurn left onto Rock Tank Trail, heading E.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  11. 100 ftTurn left onto Powerline Road #2, heading NE.
  12. 2.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Chuckwagon Trail, heading E.
  14. 1.1 miBear right onto Whiskey Bottle Trail, heading E.
  15. 1.4 miBear left onto East Dixileta Drive, heading E.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right onto Service Road #4, heading E.
  17. 0.2 miReach Black Hill Tank, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left onto East Dixileta Drive, heading S.
  19. 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Whiskey Bottle Trail, heading W.
  21. 1.4 miBear left onto Chuckwagon Trail, heading W.
  22. 1.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftTurn left onto Powerline Road #2, heading SW.
  24. 2.2 miTurn right onto Rock Tank Trail, heading W.
  25. 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftTurn right onto Social Trail, heading SW.
  28. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crested Saguaro, heading SW.
  31. 50 ftBear left onto Sidewinder, heading SW.
  32. 500 ftBear right onto Social Trail, heading SW.
  33. 150 ftTurn left onto Latigo Trail, heading SW.
  34. 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.

Trail surface

77% dirt23% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 95°F79°
Feels like83°Precip3%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity29%
Rained 0.1″ 2 days ago (0.4″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
95°75°
Sunrise 6:06 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:48 PM
Sun 101°79°
Mon 100°80°
Tue 101°85°
Wed 100°85°
Thu 101°85°
Fri 97°83° 28%

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.

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Good to know

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