Lost Dog Overlook–Lost Dog Wash Trail, 3 sights
9.6 mi · ▲ 992 ft · 3 hr 42 min
Lost Dog Overlook–Lost Dog Wash Trail, 3 sights is a 9.6-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near McDowell Mountain Ranch, AZ. The route reaches Lost Dog Overlook at the turnaround, 4.8 miles in. It climbs 992 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Lost Dog Overlook–Lost Dog Wash Trail, 3 sights
9.6 mi · ▲ 992 ft · 3 hr 42 min
Elevation 1,541–2,142 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.62292, -111.86137
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 100°F / low 83° · precip 5% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Quartz Trail, heading N.
- 2.3 miContinue straight onto Lost Dog Wash Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Old Jeep Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Ringtail Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Lost Dog Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Old Jeep Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Lost Dog Wash Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Quartz Trail, heading NW.
- 2.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 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 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:07 PM — 9 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Quartz Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Paradise Trail via Quartz Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 388 ft
- Javelina Trail & Taliesin Trail Loop 4.7 mi · ▲ 438 ft
- Quartz Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 438 ft
- Taliesin Overlook–Lost Dog Wash Trail, 3 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 557 ft
- 104th Street Spur–Levee trail, 3 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 548 ft
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