Dixie Mountain Loop
2.1 mi · ▲ 216 ft · 48 min
Dixie Mountain Loop is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Sonoran Preserve near Adobe, AZ. It is mostly level, with 216 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dixie Mountain Loop
2.1 mi · ▲ 216 ft · 48 min
Elevation 1,626–1,769 ft
Out & Back · Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.75070, -112.10100
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 99°F / low 80° · precip 2% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading NE.
- 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:32 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:52 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:17 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Hawk's Nest Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 509 ft
- Dixie Mountain Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 341 ft
- Dixie Mountain Loop 2.2 mi · ▲ 331 ft
- Dixie Mountain Loop 2.4 mi · ▲ 248 ft
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