Dreamy Draw Bikeway
3.7 mi · ▲ 163 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Dreamy Draw Bikeway is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Phoenix Mountains Preserve near Vista del Cerro, AZ. It is mostly level, with 163 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dreamy Draw Bikeway
3.7 mi · ▲ 163 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 1,421–1,554 ft
Out & Back · Phoenix Mountains Preserve
Trailhead: 33.56800, -111.99670
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Dreamy Draw Bikeway, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Dreamy Draw Bikeway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 150 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 6:01 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Viewpoint & #8 - Quartz Ridge Trail Loop via #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail 1.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- VOAZ loop via #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 287 ft
- #302 - Circumference Trail via #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 452 ft
- #220 - Dreamy Draw Nature Trail Loop 3.4 mi · ▲ 449 ft
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail Loop 3.6 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- #304 - Nature Trail Loop via #8 - Quartz Ridge Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 383 ft
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