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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 500 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 500 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Hackberry Spring.
- 50 ftBear left onto Hackberry Spring Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Second Water Trail #236, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Boulder Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 2.2 miTurn right onto Dutchman Trail #104, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Black Mesa Trail #241, heading S.
- 2.8 miTurn left onto Second Water Trail #236, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Hackberry Spring Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
- 500 ftBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftArrive 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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Weather
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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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