Tin Can Tank
4.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Tin Can Tank is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Cave Buttes Recreation Area near Adobe, AZ. The route reaches Tin Can Tank at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tin Can Tank
4.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 1,654–1,682 ft
Out & Back · Cave Buttes Recreation Area
Trailhead: 33.76434, -112.07401
Weather Sep 4: 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 miReach Tin Can Tank, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 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 (~9 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
- Bobcat Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Hawk's Nest Trail & Valle Verde Trail via Dixie Mountain Loop 7.1 mi · ▲ 545 ft
- Tin Can Tank & Dirt Devil Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Bobcat Trail 8.8 mi · ▲ 107 ft
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