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Hackberry Spring & Hackberry Spring Trail via Second Water Trail #236

9.4 mi · ▲ 1,109 ft · 3 hr 41 min

Hackberry Spring & Hackberry Spring Trail via Second Water Trail #236 is a 9.4-mile out-and-back near Youngberg, AZ. The route reaches Hackberry Spring. It climbs 1,109 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,038 – 2,425 ft10.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.47584, -111.47538
Nearest town Youngberg, AZ
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Hackberry Spring & Hackberry Spring Trail via Second Water Trail #236

9.4 mi · ▲ 1,109 ft · 3 hr 41 min

Elevation 2,039–2,423 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 33.47584, -111.47538

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  4. 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  8. 500 ftBear left, heading SE.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 500 ftBear right, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  13. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 50 ftPass Hackberry Spring.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Hackberry Spring Trail, heading SE.
  18. 1.7 miBear right onto Second Water Trail #236, heading SE.
  19. 150 ftReach Hackberry Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 150 ftBear left onto Hackberry Spring Trail, heading SE.
  21. 1.7 miBear right, heading S.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  25. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  26. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  27. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  29. 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
  30. 500 ftBear left, heading W.
  31. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  32. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  34. 0.8 miBear left, heading SW.
  35. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  36. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hackberry-spring-hackberry-spring-trail-out-back-15-km

Trail surface

60% dirt40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:03 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.6 mi in (~133 min). Leave by 4:16 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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