Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail–East Dixileta Drive, 4 sights
8.9 mi · ▲ 349 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail–East Dixileta Drive, 4 sights is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Reata Pass, AZ. The route reaches Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It climbs 349 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail–East Dixileta Drive, 4 sights
8.9 mi · ▲ 349 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Elevation 2,506–2,799 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: East Casey Lane Park Access Trail · 33.75407, -111.78686
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 97°F / low 77° · precip 4% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start on East Casey Lane Park Access Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Morning Vista to Dixileta Connector, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Morning Vista Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left onto 136th Street Express, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Morning Vista Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Black Hill Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto East Dixileta Drive, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Whiskey Bottle Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miBear left onto Chuckwagon Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Whiskey Bottle Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Powerline Road #2, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Vaquero Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Brown's Ranch Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftReach Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Brown's Ranch Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Vaquero Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Powerline Road #2, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Whiskey Bottle Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Chuckwagon Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Whiskey Bottle Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miBear left onto East Dixileta Drive, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Black Hill Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Morning Vista Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left onto 136th Street Express, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Morning Vista Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Morning Vista to Dixileta Connector, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto East Casey Lane Park Access Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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