Double Butte Loop is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Papago Park near Wheel Inn Ranch, AZ. It is mostly level, with 209 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,257 – 1,371 ft3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: East Walter A Haas Jr Way 33.46839, -111.94362
Nearest town Wheel Inn Ranch, AZ
Directions
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Double Butte Loop
2.5 mi · ▲ 209 ft · 56 min
Elevation 1,257–1,371 ft
Out & Back · Papago Park
Trailhead: East Walter A Haas Jr Way · 33.46839, -111.94362
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Transit-accessible: McDowell Rd & 64th St stop 259 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Double Butte Loop, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Big Butte Loop, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Double Butte Loop, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Little Butte Loop, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Double Butte Loop, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Big Butte Loop, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Double Butte Loop, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
- 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.
Trail surface
50% dirt50% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 6:51 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 6:10 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: McDowell Rd & 64th St stop 259 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from East Walter A Haas Jr Way Trailhead
- Double Butte Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Little Butte Loop 2.2 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Double Butte Loop 2.8 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Elliot Ramada Loop 3.4 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- Double Butte Loop 3.4 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- Papago Ponds–Big Butte Loop, 3 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 374 ft
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