Hawk's Nest Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop
2.1 mi · ▲ 509 ft · 57 min
Hawk's Nest Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Sonoran Preserve near Adobe, AZ. It climbs 509 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hawk's Nest Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop
2.1 mi · ▲ 509 ft · 57 min
Elevation 1,609–1,881 ft
Out & Back · Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.75070, -112.10100
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 99°F / low 80° · precip 2% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Hawk's Nest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach Hawk's Nest Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~33 min). Leave by 5:59 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Dixie Mountain Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 216 ft
- Dixie Mountain Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 341 ft
- Dixie Mountain Loop 2.2 mi · ▲ 331 ft
- Dixie Mountain Loop 2.4 mi · ▲ 248 ft
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