Whisper Rockk access
8.9 mi · ▲ 270 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Whisper Rockk access is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Sincuidados, AZ. It climbs 270 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Whisper Rockk access
8.9 mi · ▲ 270 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Elevation 2,221–2,467 ft
Out & Back · McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Trailhead: 33.77337, -111.89108
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 98°F / low 75° · precip 2% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Whisper Rock access, heading SW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto East Ashler Hills Drive, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Whisper Rockk access, heading W.
- 2.4 miReach Whisper Rockk access, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.4 miContinue straight onto East Ashler Hills Drive, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Whisper Rock access, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:31 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:51 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:16 PM.
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