Bobcat Trail–Desert Tortoise Trail, 5 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 793 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Bobcat Trail–Desert Tortoise Trail, 5 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Sonoran Preserve near Adobe, AZ. It climbs 793 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bobcat Trail–Desert Tortoise Trail, 5 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 793 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Elevation 1,592–2,044 ft
Out & Back · Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.75128, -112.10481
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 99°F / low 80° · precip 2% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto HOA Path, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Hawk's Nest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach HOA Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Desert Tortoise Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hawk's Nest Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Valle Verde Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading NE.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto Bobcat Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading N.
- 1 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto HOA Path, heading W.
- 0.2 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 1.3 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 5:52 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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