Cedar Tank & County Service Road via Pemberton Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in McDowell Mountain Regional Park near Rio Verde Estates, AZ. The route reaches Cedar Tank at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 138 ft of elevation gain. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,933 – 2,097 ft4.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.72708, -111.71754
Nearest town Rio Verde Estates, AZ
Directions
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Cedar Tank & County Service Road via Pemberton Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 1,932–2,096 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Mountain Regional Park
Trailhead: 33.72708, -111.71754
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 96°F / low 80° · precip 7% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto County Service Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Pemberton Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miReach Cedar Tank, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto County Service Road, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.9 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
53% dirt47% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 96°F80°
Feels like92°Precip7%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity28%
Rained 0.1″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
100°80°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:50 PM
Sat
98°79°
Sun
99°80°
Mon
100°84°
Tue
102°85°
Wed
102°85°
27%
Thu
99°82°
27%
More from this trailhead
- Verde Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- County Service Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Tortoise Trail & Verde Trail via Pemberton Trail 7.5 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Technical Loop & Verde Trail via Pemberton Trail 10.2 mi · ▲ 189 ft
- Pemberton Trail & Verde Trail 14.7 mi · ▲ 436 ft
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