Fremont Saddle–Black Top Mesa Trail Loop, 6 sights is a 14.2-mile loop near Gold Camp, AZ. The route reaches Fremont Saddle. It climbs 3,133 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Fremont Saddle–Black Top Mesa Trail Loop, 6 sights
14.2 mi · ▲ 3,133 ft · 6 hr 18 min
Elevation 2,306–3,772 ft
Loop
Trailhead: Dutchman Trailhead · 33.39764, -111.34806
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 94°F / low 78° · precip 10% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Dutchman Trail #104, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Bluff Spring Trail #235, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
- 1.6 miSharp left onto Terrapin Trail #234, heading NW.
- 2.8 miSharp right onto Dutchman Trail #104, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Bull Pass Trail #129, heading N.
- 1 miBear right onto Black Top Mesa Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bull Pass Trail #129, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Dutchman Trail #104, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Peralta Canyon Trail #102, heading S.
- 3.9 miPass Fremont Saddle.
- 2.2 miThe loop closes 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 6.9 mi in (~210 min). Leave by 2:58 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Dutchman Trailhead Trailhead
- Bluff Spring Trail #235 & Terrapin Trail #234 via Dutchman Trail #104 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,082 ft
- Fremont Saddle & Peralta Canyon Trail #102 Loop via Dutchman Trail #104 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,583 ft
- Dutchman Trail #104 5.2 mi · ▲ 552 ft
- Bluff Spring–Crystal Spring Loop, 5 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,420 ft
- White Rock Spring–Bluff Spring Trail #235, 5 sights 12.5 mi · ▲ 2,611 ft
- LaBarge Spring–Crystal Spring, 7 sights 13.1 mi · ▲ 1,984 ft
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