Scenic View & Chuckwagon Trail via Powerline Road #2
8.5 mi · ▲ 330 ft · 3 hr
Scenic View & Chuckwagon Trail via Powerline Road #2 is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Reata Pass, AZ. The route reaches Scenic View at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It climbs 330 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Scenic View & Chuckwagon Trail via Powerline Road #2
8.5 mi · ▲ 330 ft · 3 hr
Elevation 2,667–2,810 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.76115, -111.84230
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Brown's Ranch Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Chuckwagon Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Powerline Road #2, heading NE.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto Granite Mtn (Easy), heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Granite Mtn Loop, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Scenic Spur, heading N.
- 150 ftReach Scenic View, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Granite Mtn Loop, heading NE.
- 1 miBear left onto Granite Mtn (Easy), heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Powerline Road #2, heading S.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Chuckwagon Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Brown's Ranch Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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
- Brown's Ranch Road 2 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Brown's Mountain Trail–Upper Ranch Trail Loop, 3 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Brown's Ranch Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Brown's Ranch Road 2.4 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Powerline Road #2 Loop 2.4 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Brown's Ranch Road 2.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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