Old Trail 23 - West Express & Own Hoot Trail via Stagecoach Trail
10.5 mi · ▲ 379 ft · 3 hr 41 min
Old Trail 23 - West Express & Own Hoot Trail via Stagecoach Trail is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Carefree, AZ. It climbs 379 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Old Trail 23 - West Express & Own Hoot Trail via Stagecoach Trail
10.5 mi · ▲ 379 ft · 3 hr 41 min
Elevation 2,635–2,982 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.82717, -111.83790
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 94°F / low 74° · precip 7% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left onto Maricopa Trail (BR to Bartlett Lake Road), heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto North Flagstaff Power Line Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Stagecoach Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto North Flagstaff Power Line Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Trail 23 - West Express, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Stagecoach Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Own Hoot Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miReach Old Trail 23 - West Express, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miSharp right onto Stagecoach Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Trail 23 - West Express, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left onto North Flagstaff Power Line Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Stagecoach Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto North Flagstaff Power Line Road, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Maricopa Trail (BR to Bartlett Lake Road), heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:07 PM — 9 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Old Camp Trail via Stagecoach Trail 4 mi · ▲ 218 ft
- Wildcat Tank–Maricopa Trail (BR to Bartlett Lake Road) Loop, 3 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 301 ft
- Maricopa Trail (BR to Bartlett Lake Road)–South Diablo Trail, 4 sights 10.1 mi · ▲ 328 ft
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