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Sonoran Preserve

Tin Can Tank–Cactus Wren Trail, 4 sights

6.4 mi · ▲ 778 ft · 2 hr 31 min

Tin Can Tank–Cactus Wren Trail, 4 sights is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Sonoran Preserve near Adobe, AZ. The route reaches Tin Can Tank. It climbs 778 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,565 – 2,001 ft · steepest grade: 19%6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.72912, -112.09094
Nearest town Adobe, AZ
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Tin Can Tank–Cactus Wren Trail, 4 sights

6.4 mi · ▲ 778 ft · 2 hr 31 min

Elevation 1,566–2,000 ft

Out & Back · Sonoran Preserve

Trailhead: 33.72912, -112.09094

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  3. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Valle Verde Trail, heading E.
  4. 150 ftBear right onto Cactus Wren Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 0.8 miReach Tin Can Tank, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 0.9 miTurn right onto Great Horned Owl Trail, heading SW.
  10. 1.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  13. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
  16. 450 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  17. 350 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  19. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/tin-can-tank-cactus-wren-trail-out-back-4-sights-10-km-cc83

Trail surface

32% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~57 min). Leave by 5:34 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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