Taliesin Overlook–Lost Dog Wash Trail, 3 sights
5.8 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Taliesin Overlook–Lost Dog Wash Trail, 3 sights is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near McDowell Mountain Ranch, AZ. The route reaches Taliesin Overlook at the turnaround, 2.9 miles in. It climbs 557 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Taliesin Overlook–Lost Dog Wash Trail, 3 sights
5.8 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 1,541–2,102 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.62292, -111.86137
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 102°F / low 82° · precip 4% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Quartz Trail, heading N.
- 2.3 miContinue straight onto Lost Dog Wash Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach Taliesin Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Quartz Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Taliesin Trail, heading NW.
- 1.6 miBear right onto Javelina Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 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 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:28 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:05 PM — 9 min before dark.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Quartz Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Paradise Trail via Quartz Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 388 ft
- Javelina Trail & Taliesin Trail Loop 4.7 mi · ▲ 438 ft
- Quartz Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 438 ft
- 104th Street Spur–Levee trail, 3 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 548 ft
- Quartz Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 1,099 ft
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