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Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail & Rock Tank Trail via Powerline Road #2 is an 8-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Sincuidados, AZ. The route reaches Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail at the turnaround, 4 miles in. It climbs 497 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,310 – 2,772 ft8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.74334, -111.88791
Nearest town Sincuidados, AZ

Directions

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Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail & Rock Tank Trail via Powerline Road #2

8 mi · ▲ 497 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Elevation 2,309–2,774 ft

Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve

Trailhead: 33.74334, -111.88791

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 98°F / low 76° · precip 2% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Latigo Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right onto Social Trail, heading N.
  4. 150 ftBear left onto Sidewinder, heading NE.
  5. 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 100 ftBear right onto Crested Saguaro, heading NE.
  7. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Social Trail, heading NE.
  9. 100 ftTurn left onto Rock Tank Trail, heading E.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  11. 100 ftTurn left onto Powerline Road #2, heading NE.
  12. 2.2 miTurn left onto Brown's Ranch Road, heading NE.
  13. 0.9 miTurn right onto Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail, heading N.
  14. 250 ftReach Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 250 ftTurn left onto Brown's Ranch Road, heading N.
  16. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  17. 0.7 miTurn right onto Powerline Road #2, heading SW.
  18. 2.2 miTurn right onto Rock Tank Trail, heading W.
  19. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  20. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto Social Trail, heading SW.
  22. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crested Saguaro, heading SW.
  25. 50 ftBear left onto Sidewinder, heading SW.
  26. 0.1 miBear right onto Social Trail, heading SW.
  27. 100 ftTurn left onto Latigo Trail, heading SW.
  28. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

81% dirt19% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 98°F76°
Feels like90°Precip2%Wind5 mphUV8Humidity32%
Rained 0.1″ yesterday (0.4″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:51 PM
Sat 95°77°
Sun 97°79°
Mon 98°85°
Tue 100°85°
Wed 98°84° 20%
Thu 96°84° 27%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:31 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:51 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:16 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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