Rock Tank Trail Loop via Powerline Road #2
1.9 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 42 min
Rock Tank Trail Loop via Powerline Road #2 is a 1.9-mile loop in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Sincuidados, AZ. It is mostly level, with 139 ft of elevation gain. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Rock Tank Trail Loop via Powerline Road #2
1.9 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 42 min
Elevation 2,302–2,451 ft
Loop · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.74334, -111.88791
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Latigo Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Social Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Sidewinder, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Crested Saguaro, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Social Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Rock Tank Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Powerline Road #2, heading NE.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftThe loop closes 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 6:30 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 7:16 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Rock Tank–Latigo Trail, 5 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Sunset Vista & Rock Tank Trail via Powerline Road #2 6 mi · ▲ 464 ft
- Jane Rau Interpretive Viewpoint–Brown's Ranch Road, 4 sights 6.6 mi · ▲ 497 ft
- Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail & Rock Tank Trail via Powerline Road #2 8 mi · ▲ 497 ft
- Rock Tank Trail–Vaquero Trail, 3 sights 8.4 mi · ▲ 523 ft
- Brown's Summit Viewpoint–Bunny Rock, 10 sights 8.6 mi · ▲ 816 ft
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