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Hawes Loop Trail & Upper Hawes

2.6 mi · ▲ 722 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Hawes Loop Trail & Upper Hawes is a 2.6-mile out-and-back near Las Alegres, AZ. It climbs 722 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,929 – 2,330 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.48914, -111.65163
Nearest town Las Alegres, AZ
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Hawes Loop Trail & Upper Hawes

2.6 mi · ▲ 722 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Elevation 1,928–2,329 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 33.48914, -111.65163

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right onto Hawes Loop Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto Microwave DH, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Hawes Loop Trail, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Upper Hawes, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Hawes Loop Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miBear right onto Upper Hawes, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Hawes Loop Trail, heading S.
  9. 250 ftContinue straight onto Upper Hawes, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Hawes Loop Trail, heading SE.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Upper Hawes, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hawes Loop Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.4 miReach Upper Hawes, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Upper Hawes, heading W.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hawes Loop Trail, heading W.
  16. 150 ftBear left onto Upper Hawes, heading W.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hawes Loop Trail, heading W.
  18. 250 ftBear right onto Upper Hawes, heading W.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Hawes Loop Trail, heading W.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right onto Upper Hawes, heading E.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto Hawes Loop Trail, heading E.
  22. 50 ftTurn left onto Microwave DH, heading E.
  23. 50 ftBear right onto Hawes Loop Trail, heading E.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  25. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hawes-loop-trail-upper-hawes-out-back

Trail surface

56% dirt29% gravel15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 6:50 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:30 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:50 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:15 PM.

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