East Quail Track via Gooseneck Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 17 min
East Quail Track via Gooseneck Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Reata Pass, AZ. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,500 – 2,602 ft3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Black Hill Trail 33.74566, -111.79449
Nearest town Reata Pass, AZ
Directions
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East Quail Track via Gooseneck Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Elevation 2,502–2,602 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: Black Hill Trail · 33.74566, -111.79449
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Black Hill Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Gooseneck Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 100 ftSharp right onto East Quail Track, heading E.
- 100 ftReach East Quail Track, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Gooseneck Trail, heading W.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Black Hill Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
91% dirt1% paved8% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 6:48 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Black Hill Tank–Black Hill Trail, 8 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 165 ft
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