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Maverick Trail–Rock Tank Trail, 4 sights is a 10.4-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Sincuidados, AZ. It climbs 608 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,421 – 2,999 ft10.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Powerline Road #2 33.75109, -111.87634
Nearest town Sincuidados, AZ

Directions

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Maverick Trail–Rock Tank Trail, 4 sights

10.4 mi · ▲ 608 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Elevation 2,423–2,999 ft

Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve

Trailhead: Powerline Road #2 · 33.75109, -111.87634

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:06 AM · sunset 6:48 PM

  1. Start on Crested Saguaro, heading N.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Social Trail, heading E.
  4. 100 ftTurn left onto Rock Tank Trail, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  6. 150 ftTurn left onto Powerline Road #2, heading NE.
  7. 2.2 miTurn left onto Brown's Ranch Road, heading NE.
  8. 0.7 miTurn right onto Maverick (Moderate), heading N.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Maverick Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 500 ftTurn right onto Cholla Mtn Loop Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miSharp left onto Balanced Rock Trail, heading E.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Cholla Mtn Loop Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.9 miSharp right onto Branding Iron Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.1 miBear left onto The Divide Trail, heading N.
  16. 250 ftTurn right onto South Diablo Trail, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftReach Rock Tank Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto The Divide Trail, heading E.
  19. 250 ftBear right onto Branding Iron Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miSharp left onto Cholla Mtn Loop Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.9 miTurn left onto Balanced Rock Trail, heading E.
  22. 50 ftSharp right onto Cholla Mtn Loop Trail, heading E.
  23. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 500 ftTurn right onto Maverick Trail, heading NE.
  25. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Maverick (Moderate), heading SW.
  26. 50 ftTurn left onto Brown's Ranch Road, heading SW.
  27. 0.7 miTurn right onto Powerline Road #2, heading SW.
  28. 2.2 miTurn right onto Rock Tank Trail, heading SW.
  29. 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  31. 50 ftTurn right onto Social Trail, heading SW.
  32. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  33. 50 ftTurn left onto Crested Saguaro, heading SW.
  34. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:06 AMSunset 6:48 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.8 mi in (~104 min). Leave by 4:44 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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