Dixileta Trail & East Dixileta Drive via Latigo Trail
8 mi · ▲ 439 ft · 2 hr 53 min
Dixileta Trail & East Dixileta Drive via Latigo Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Reata Pass, AZ. It climbs 439 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Dixileta Trail & East Dixileta Drive via Latigo Trail
8 mi · ▲ 439 ft · 2 hr 53 min
Elevation 2,488–2,845 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.76115, -111.84230
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 96°F / low 75° · precip 4% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Latigo Access Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Latigo Trail, heading E.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Whiskey Bottle Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto East Dixileta Drive, heading SE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Dixileta Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miReach East Dixileta Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto East Dixileta Drive, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Whiskey Bottle Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Latigo Trail, heading NW.
- 1.7 miBear right onto Latigo Access Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miArrive 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 6:31 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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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