Lookout Mountain Preserve

Old Trail 308 & Trail 25A

2.5 mi · ▲ 456 ft · 1 hr 4 min

Old Trail 308 & Trail 25A is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Lookout Mountain Preserve near Ridgegate, AZ. It climbs 456 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,417 – 1,696 ft · steepest grade: 21%2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.61989, -112.05516
Nearest town Ridgegate, AZ

Directions

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Old Trail 308 & Trail 25A

2.5 mi · ▲ 456 ft · 1 hr 4 min

Elevation 1,418–1,695 ft

Out & Back · Lookout Mountain Preserve

Trailhead: 33.61989, -112.05516

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftSharp left onto Trail 308, heading N.
  4. 200 ftBear left, heading N.
  5. 100 ftTurn right onto Old Trail 308, heading NW.
  6. 450 ftBear left onto Trail 308, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Trail 25, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Trail 25/25A, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Trail 25A, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miReach Old Trail 308, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Trail 25/25A, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Trail 25, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Trail 308, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miBear right onto Old Trail 308, heading NW.
  15. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Trail 308, heading NW.
  17. 250 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 250 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:31 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:51 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:17 PM.

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