HOA Path & Valle Verde Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop
7.7 mi · ▲ 899 ft · 3 hr 1 min
HOA Path & Valle Verde Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop is a 7.7-mile out-and-back in Sonoran Preserve near Wild Flower, AZ. It climbs 899 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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HOA Path & Valle Verde Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop
7.7 mi · ▲ 899 ft · 3 hr 1 min
Elevation 1,570–1,912 ft
Out & Back · Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.72592, -112.07242
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 99°F / low 81° · precip 2% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Great Horned Owl Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Valle Verde Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 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 SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto HOA Path, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Valle Verde Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Dixie Mountain Loop, heading E.
- 1.1 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 SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Great Horned Owl Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 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 0.8 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 6:10 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Tin Can Tank–Cactus Wren Trail, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 319 ft
- Valle Verde Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop 4.8 mi · ▲ 517 ft
- Hawk's Nest Trail & Valle Verde Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop 6.4 mi · ▲ 782 ft
- East Happy Valley Road & North Cave Creek Dam Road 7.5 mi · ▲ 707 ft
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