Black Rock Canyon Trail via Desert Classic Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 278 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Black Rock Canyon Trail via Desert Classic Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Preserve near Burgundy Hill, AZ. It climbs 278 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,332 – 1,509 ft5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.36309, -111.98469
Nearest town Burgundy Hill, AZ
Directions
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Black Rock Canyon Trail via Desert Classic Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 278 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 1,333–1,508 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain Preserve
Trailhead: 33.36309, -111.98469
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Desert Classic Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Connector, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Guadalupe Perimeter Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Desert Classic Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Young Man Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Black Rock Canyon Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Black Rock Canyon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Young Man Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Desert Classic Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Guadalupe Perimeter Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Desert Classic Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
97% dirt2% paved1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 6:51 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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