Powerline Road #2–Rawhyde Wash Trail, 3 sights
2.8 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 58 min
Powerline Road #2–Rawhyde Wash Trail, 3 sights is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Sincuidados, AZ. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Powerline Road #2–Rawhyde Wash Trail, 3 sights
2.8 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 58 min
Elevation 2,278–2,392 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.74497, -111.89078
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 97°F / low 78° · precip 4% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Latigo Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Hawknest Connector, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Access Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hawknest Connector, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Axle Grease, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Via Dona Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rawhyde Wash Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Via Dona Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Latigo Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Powerline Road #2, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:29 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:49 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:15 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Latigo Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 109 ft
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