Hawk's Nest Trail & Valle Verde Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop
6.4 mi · ▲ 610 ft · 2 hr 26 min
Hawk's Nest Trail & Valle Verde Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Sonoran Preserve near Adobe, AZ. It climbs 610 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Hawk's Nest Trail & Valle Verde Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop
6.4 mi · ▲ 610 ft · 2 hr 26 min
Elevation 1,522–1,912 ft
Out & Back · Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.72634, -112.09414
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 101°F / low 81° · precip 4% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:06 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Great Horned Owl Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Valle Verde Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Valle Verde Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Hawk's Nest Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Valle Verde Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Valle Verde Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Valle Verde Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Great Horned Owl Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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 (~31 min). Leave by 6:00 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Great Horned Owl Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- Great Horned Owl Trail 3 mi · ▲ 254 ft
- Great Horned Owl Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 277 ft
- Great Horned Owl Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 281 ft
- Valle Verde Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 263 ft
- Great Horned Owl Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 468 ft
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