HOA Path & Hawk's Nest Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop
2.8 mi · ▲ 566 ft · 1 hr 13 min
HOA Path & Hawk's Nest Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Sonoran Preserve near Adobe, AZ. It climbs 566 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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HOA Path & Hawk's Nest Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop
2.8 mi · ▲ 566 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 1,570–1,881 ft
Out & Back · Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: Hawk's Nest Trailhead · 33.74105, -112.09733
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 100°F / low 80° · precip 4% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:06 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Hawk's Nest Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto HOA Path, heading W.
- 0.3 miReach Hawk's Nest Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Hawk's Nest Trail, heading SE.
- 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:30 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:50 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:16 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Hawk's Nest Trailhead Trailhead
- Desert Tortoise Trail–Hawk's Nest Trail, 3 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 350 ft
- Dixie Mountain–Dixie Summit Viewpoint, 4 sights 3 mi · ▲ 654 ft
- Western Vista–Hawk's Nest Trail, 3 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 913 ft
- Bobcat Trail–Hawk's Nest Trail, 3 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 711 ft
- Union Peak–Hawk's Nest Trail, 4 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 973 ft
- Bobcat Trail–Desert Tortoise Trail, 3 sights 7.6 mi · ▲ 560 ft
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