Gooseneck Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 190 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Gooseneck Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Reata Pass, AZ. It is mostly level, with 190 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,500 – 2,700 ft5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Black Hill Trail 33.74602, -111.79466
Nearest town Reata Pass, AZ
Directions
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Gooseneck Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 190 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 2,502–2,700 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: Black Hill Trail · 33.74602, -111.79466
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Black Hill Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Gooseneck Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Service Road #3, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Gooseneck Trail, heading NE.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Black Hill Trail, heading NE.
- 200 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
70% dirt1% paved29% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 6:48 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Black Hill Trail Trailhead
- Black Hill Tank–Black Hill Trail, 5 sights 2 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Camino Campana Interpretive Trail–Gooseneck Trail, 4 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 168 ft
- Gooseneck Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Black Hill Tank–Black Hill Trail, 6 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- East Quail Track via Gooseneck Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Service Road #2 via Gooseneck Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 191 ft
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