Esplanade Trail–Flume Trail, 4 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 524 ft · 5 hr 38 min
Esplanade Trail–Flume Trail, 4 sights is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Sonoran Preserve near Dove Valley Ranch, AZ. It climbs 524 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Esplanade Trail–Flume Trail, 4 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 524 ft · 5 hr 38 min
Elevation 1,729–2,137 ft
Out & Back · Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.81375, -111.96938
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Right of Way, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Slate Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Flume Trail, heading NW.
- 1.5 miBear right onto Saguaro Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Esplanade Trail, heading SW.
- 3.3 miSharp left onto Apache Wash Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Slate Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Esplanade Trail, heading NE.
- 3.3 miTurn left onto Saguaro Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Flume Trail, heading NW.
- 1.5 miSharp right onto Slate Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Right of Way, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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 4.6 mi in (~118 min). Leave by 4:33 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Slate Trail 2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Flume Trail & Slate Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Clay Mine Trail–Flume Trail, 3 sights 7.9 mi · ▲ 578 ft
- Flat Rock–Flume Trail, 6 sights 8.5 mi · ▲ 690 ft
- BB/CW connector–Brawling Badger Trail, 6 sights 13 mi · ▲ 417 ft
- 26th Street–Dim Sum Trail, 7 sights 13.5 mi · ▲ 1,265 ft
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