Tin Can Tank & Dirt Devil Trail
7.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Tin Can Tank & Dirt Devil Trail is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Cave Buttes Recreation Area near Adobe, AZ. The route reaches Tin Can Tank. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tin Can Tank & Dirt Devil Trail
7.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Elevation 1,654–1,696 ft
Out & Back · Cave Buttes Recreation Area
Trailhead: 33.76434, -112.07401
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 99°F / low 80° · precip 2% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Dirt Devil Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Tin Can Tank.
- 1.3 miReach Tin Can Tank, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 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 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:16 PM — 1 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Tin Can Tank 4.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Bobcat Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Hawk's Nest Trail & Valle Verde Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop 7.1 mi · ▲ 545 ft
- Bobcat Trail 8.8 mi · ▲ 107 ft
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