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Phoenix Mountains Preserve

Dreamy Draw Bikeway

2.5 mi · ▲ 459 ft · 1 hr 4 min

Dreamy Draw Bikeway is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Phoenix Mountains Preserve near The Preserve, AZ. It climbs 459 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,388 – 1,647 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.57144, -112.03373
Nearest town The Preserve, AZ
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Dreamy Draw Bikeway

2.5 mi · ▲ 459 ft · 1 hr 4 min

Elevation 1,388–1,648 ft

Out & Back · Phoenix Mountains Preserve

Trailhead: 33.57144, -112.03373

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miBear right onto To Trail 100, heading S.
  5. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  7. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Dreamy Draw Bikeway, heading SW.
  10. 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
  11. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  14. 200 ftBear right onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading S.
  15. 250 ftBear left onto #1A - Perl Charles Trail, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.3 miContinue straight onto #1A - Perl Charles Trail, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftBear right onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading SW.
  20. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  21. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  24. 150 ftBear right onto Dreamy Draw Bikeway, heading NW.
  25. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  26. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  27. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  28. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  29. 50 ftTurn right onto To Trail 100, heading NW.
  30. 150 ftBear left onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading N.
  31. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  32. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  33. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/dreamy-draw-bikeway-out-back-4-km-45ce

Trail surface

89% dirt8% paved3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 6:51 PM

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 7:17 PM.

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