Hawk's Nest Trail & Valle Verde Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop
7.1 mi · ▲ 545 ft · 2 hr 38 min
Hawk's Nest Trail & Valle Verde Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Sonoran Preserve near Adobe, AZ. It climbs 545 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Hawk's Nest Trail & Valle Verde Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop
7.1 mi · ▲ 545 ft · 2 hr 38 min
Elevation 1,609–1,912 ft
Out & Back · Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.76618, -112.07381
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 99°F / low 80° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Valle Verde Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Valle Verde Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Hawk's Nest Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Valle Verde Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading N.
- 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.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.7 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:31 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:52 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:17 PM.
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