Cactus Garden Trail & Goat Trail via Upper Hawes
4.8 mi · ▲ 937 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Cactus Garden Trail & Goat Trail via Upper Hawes is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Las Alegres, AZ. It climbs 937 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,972 – 2,651 ft · steepest grade: 19%5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.49730, -111.63405
Nearest town Las Alegres, AZ
Directions
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Cactus Garden Trail & Goat Trail via Upper Hawes
4.8 mi · ▲ 937 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 1,973–2,651 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.49730, -111.63405
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto High Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Goat Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Cactus Garden Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Hawes Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Upper Hawes, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Hawes Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Cactus Garden Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Upper Hawes, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Hawes Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Cactus Garden Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Goat Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto High Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
87% dirt13% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 6:50 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 5:58 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Usery Mountain via High Ridge Trail 2 mi · ▲ 542 ft
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