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White Rock Spring–Bluff Spring Trail #235, 5 sights is a 12.5-mile out-and-back near Gold Camp, AZ. The route reaches White Rock Spring at the turnaround, 6.2 miles in. It climbs 2,611 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,389 – 3,419 ft · steepest grade: 27%12.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Dutchman Trailhead 33.39764, -111.34806
Nearest town Gold Camp, AZ

Directions

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White Rock Spring–Bluff Spring Trail #235, 5 sights

12.5 mi · ▲ 2,611 ft · 5 hr 28 min

Elevation 2,389–3,420 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Dutchman Trailhead · 33.39764, -111.34806

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 94°F / low 78° · precip 10% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 6:48 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Dutchman Trail #104, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bluff Spring Trail #235, heading NE.
  3. 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 1.6 miSharp left onto Terrapin Trail #234, heading NW.
  5. 2.8 miSharp right onto Dutchman Trail #104, heading W.
  6. 0.9 miTurn left onto Bull Pass Trail #129, heading N.
  7. 50 ftSharp right onto Dutchman Trail #104, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Cavalry Trail #239, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftReach White Rock Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Dutchman Trail #104, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miSharp left onto Bull Pass Trail #129, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Dutchman Trail #104, heading W.
  13. 0.9 miSharp left onto Terrapin Trail #234, heading SW.
  14. 2.8 miSharp right onto Bluff Spring Trail #235, heading SE.
  15. 1.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Dutchman Trail #104, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

35% dirt65% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 94°F78°
Feels like90°Precip10%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity28%
Rained 0.1″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
95°75°
Sunrise 6:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:48 PM
Sat 96°77°
Sun 96°76°
Mon 96°83°
Tue 99°83°
Wed 100°82° 35%
Thu 96°75° 28%

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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