Secret Trail via Upper Hawes
2.8 mi · ▲ 360 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Secret Trail via Upper Hawes is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Las Alegres, AZ. It climbs 360 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Secret Trail via Upper Hawes
2.8 mi · ▲ 360 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Elevation 1,712–2,049 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.49036, -111.64951
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Upper Hawes, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Hawes Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Magic Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Upper Secret Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Secret Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Secret Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Upper Secret Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Magic Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Hawes Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Upper Hawes, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 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 6:30 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:50 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:15 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Upper Hawes 2.3 mi · ▲ 286 ft
- Upper Hawes 2.5 mi · ▲ 360 ft
- Upper Hawes 2.6 mi · ▲ 365 ft
- Hawes Loop Trail & Upper Hawes 2.6 mi · ▲ 722 ft
- Upper Hawes 2.8 mi · ▲ 417 ft
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