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McDowell Sonoran Preserve

Hawknest Trail & Whisper Rockk access via Axle Grease

13.5 mi · ▲ 353 ft · 4 hr 41 min

Hawknest Trail & Whisper Rockk access via Axle Grease is a 13.5-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Sincuidados, AZ. It climbs 353 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,221 – 2,484 ft14.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Connector 33.74630, -111.88758
Nearest town Sincuidados, AZ
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Hawknest Trail & Whisper Rockk access via Axle Grease

13.5 mi · ▲ 353 ft · 4 hr 41 min

Elevation 2,221–2,483 ft

Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve

Trailhead: Connector · 33.74630, -111.88758

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:06 AM · sunset 6:48 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Connector, heading N.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto Rawhyde Wash Trail, heading NE.
  3. 100 ftContinue straight onto Axle Grease, heading NE.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Hawknest Trail, heading E.
  5. 1.4 miTurn right onto Scorpion Trail, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 250 ftContinue straight onto Hawknest Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  9. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  10. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  11. 400 ftBear right onto Axle Grease, heading N.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  14. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  16. 0.6 miSharp left, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  19. 450 ftBear left, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  22. 50 ftTurn left onto Whisper Rock access, heading N.
  23. 0.7 miContinue straight onto East Ashler Hills Drive, heading S.
  24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Whisper Rockk access, heading W.
  25. 2.4 miReach Hawknest Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  26. 2.4 miContinue straight onto East Ashler Hills Drive, heading N.
  27. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Whisper Rock access, heading E.
  28. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  29. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  30. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  31. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  32. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  33. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  34. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  35. 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
  36. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  37. 100 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  38. 0.2 miBear left onto Axle Grease, heading SE.
  39. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  40. 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  41. 450 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  42. 0.1 miBear right onto Hawknest Trail, heading S.
  43. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Scorpion Trail, heading SE.
  44. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  45. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  46. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Hawknest Trail, heading SW.
  47. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Axle Grease, heading S.
  48. 100 ftContinue straight onto Rawhyde Wash Trail, heading S.
  49. 100 ftTurn left onto Connector, heading S.
  50. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hawknest-trail-whisper-rockk-access-out-back

Trail surface

63% dirt3% paved34% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:06 AMSunset 6:48 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:28 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:48 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:13 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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