Black Top Mesa–Black Top Mesa Trail, 5 sights is a 15.3-mile out-and-back near Gold Camp, AZ. The route reaches Black Top Mesa at the turnaround, 7.6 miles in. It climbs 3,484 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,408 – 3,419 ft · steepest grade: 26%15.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Dutchman Trailhead 33.39764, -111.34806
Nearest town Gold Camp, AZ
Directions
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Black Top Mesa–Black Top Mesa Trail, 5 sights
15.3 mi · ▲ 3,484 ft · 6 hr 51 min
Elevation 2,407–3,420 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Dutchman Trailhead · 33.39764, -111.34806
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 94°F / low 78° · precip 10% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Dutchman Trail #104, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Bluff Spring Trail #235, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
- 1.6 miSharp left onto Terrapin Trail #234, heading NW.
- 2.8 miSharp right onto Dutchman Trail #104, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Bull Pass Trail #129, heading N.
- 1 miSharp left onto Black Top Mesa Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach Black Top Mesa, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Bull Pass Trail #129, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn right onto Dutchman Trail #104, heading E.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Terrapin Trail #234, heading SW.
- 2.8 miSharp right onto Bluff Spring Trail #235, heading SE.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Dutchman Trail #104, heading SW.
- 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
52% dirt48% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 94°F78°
Feels like90°Precip10%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity28%
Rained 0.1″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
95°75°
Sunrise 6:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:48 PM
Sat
96°77°
Sun
96°76°
Mon
96°83°
Tue
99°83°
Wed
100°82°
35%
Thu
96°75°
28%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 7.2 mi in (~227 min). Leave by 2:41 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Dutchman Trailhead Trailhead
- Bluff Spring Trail #235 & Terrapin Trail #234 via Dutchman Trail #104 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,082 ft
- Fremont Saddle & Peralta Canyon Trail #102 Loop via Dutchman Trail #104 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,583 ft
- Dutchman Trail #104 5.2 mi · ▲ 552 ft
- Bluff Spring–Crystal Spring Loop, 5 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,420 ft
- White Rock Spring–Bluff Spring Trail #235, 5 sights 12.5 mi · ▲ 2,611 ft
- LaBarge Spring–Crystal Spring, 7 sights 13.1 mi · ▲ 1,984 ft
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