Esplanade Trail–Flume Trail, 4 sights
15.1 mi · ▲ 520 ft · 5 hr 18 min
Esplanade Trail–Flume Trail, 4 sights is a 15.1-mile out-and-back in Sonoran Preserve near Cave Creek, AZ. It climbs 520 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Esplanade Trail–Flume Trail, 4 sights
15.1 mi · ▲ 520 ft · 5 hr 18 min
Elevation 1,745–2,137 ft
Out & Back · Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.82461, -111.96705
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 97°F / low 77° · precip 3% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Slate Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Flume Trail, heading NW.
- 1.5 miBear right onto Saguaro Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Esplanade Trail, heading SW.
- 3.3 miReach Slate Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.3 miTurn left onto Saguaro Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Flume Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miSharp right onto Slate Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Cemetery Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 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 4.4 mi in (~111 min). Leave by 4:41 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Flat Rock–Flume Trail, 4 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 360 ft
- Ironwood–Overton Viewpoint Loop, 7 sights 9.7 mi · ▲ 1,064 ft
- BB/CW connector–Cliff Walk Trail, 5 sights 12.1 mi · ▲ 460 ft
- CW/BB connector–Cliff Walk Trail, 5 sights 13.1 mi · ▲ 487 ft
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