Hawk's Nest Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop
2.2 mi · ▲ 546 ft · 1 hr
Hawk's Nest Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Sonoran Preserve near Adobe, AZ. It climbs 546 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
2.2 mi · ▲ 546 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 1,586–1,881 ft
Out & Back · Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.74740, -112.10358
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 99°F / low 80° · precip 2% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Hawk's Nest Trail, heading S.
- 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 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive 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 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:11 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Horses allowed on the whole route
More from this trailhead
- Dixie Mountain Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 341 ft
- Dixie Mountain Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 367 ft
- Dixie Mountain Loop 2.4 mi · ▲ 248 ft
- Dixie Mountain Loop 2.6 mi · ▲ 304 ft
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