Hackberry Spring–Black Mesa Trail #241, 5 sights

15.5 mi · ▲ 1,733 ft · 6 hr 2 min

Hackberry Spring–Black Mesa Trail #241, 5 sights is a 15.5-mile out-and-back near Youngberg, AZ. The route reaches Hackberry Spring. It climbs 1,733 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,926 – 2,763 ft · steepest grade: 21%16.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.48712, -111.46822
Nearest town Youngberg, AZ

Directions

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Hackberry Spring–Black Mesa Trail #241, 5 sights

15.5 mi · ▲ 1,733 ft · 6 hr 2 min

Elevation 1,926–2,762 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 33.48712, -111.46822

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  6. 500 ftBear left, heading SE.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 500 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftPass Hackberry Spring.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Hackberry Spring Trail, heading SE.
  16. 1.4 miBear left, heading S.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left onto Second Water Trail #236, heading E.
  18. 1.4 miTurn right onto Boulder Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
  20. 400 ftBear right, heading SE.
  21. 2.2 miTurn right onto Dutchman Trail #104, heading S.
  22. 0.1 miBear right onto Black Mesa Trail #241, heading S.
  23. 2.8 miTurn left onto Second Water Trail #236, heading NW.
  24. 1.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  25. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  26. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  27. 50 ftSharp right onto Hackberry Spring Trail, heading N.
  28. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  30. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  31. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  32. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  33. 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
  34. 500 ftBear left, heading W.
  35. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  36. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  37. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  38. 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

22% dirt78% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:03 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.9 mi in (~140 min). Leave by 4:09 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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