AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

State Trust Land

Daisy Mountain Trail & Gibbon Road

11 mi · ▲ 1,417 ft · 4 hr 23 min

Daisy Mountain Trail & Gibbon Road is an 11-mile out-and-back in State Trust Land near Anthem, AZ. It climbs 1,417 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,978 – 2,467 ft · steepest grade: 22%11.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.88562, -112.14235
Nearest town Anthem, AZ
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Daisy Mountain Trail & Gibbon Road

11 mi · ▲ 1,417 ft · 4 hr 23 min

Elevation 1,979–2,469 ft

Out & Back · State Trust Land

Trailhead: 33.88562, -112.14235

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left onto Daisy Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  10. 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
  11. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 0.4 miTurn right onto Gibbon Road, heading S.
  16. 0.6 miReach Daisy Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  22. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  23. 0.8 miTurn right onto Daisy Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  25. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  27. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  29. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  30. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  31. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/daisy-mountain-trail-gibbon-road-out-back-18-km-d696

Trail surface

43% dirt57% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.0 mi in (~91 min). Leave by 5:01 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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