Desert Tortoise Trail - Sonoran Preserve, AZ

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Difficulty		1.5 of 5
Route Finding		1 of 5
Distance One Way		1.11 miles
Trailhead Elevation		1,728 feet
Elevation Gain		53 feet
Accumulated Gain		131 feet
Kokopelli Seeds		1.55

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2021-01-17

Union Peak-Great Horned Owl Plus

tibber

2020-12-20

Dixie Mountain Loop - Tortoise

tibber

2020-11-13

Union-Dixie-Western Vista

LindaAnn

2020-11-13

Phoenix Sonoran Preserve Loop Union

tibber

2020-07-19

PSPS Loop

Nightstalker

2020-06-14

Dixie Loop - Valle - Desert Tortoise

tibber

2020-05-23

Desert - Union - Dixie Mountain Loop

tibber

2020-05-16

Desert Tortoise Dixie Mountain Loop

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Sonoran Preserve - South

Preferred Mar, Nov, Feb, Jan

Sun 7:00am - 6:23pm

Official Route

34 Alternative

Water

Hawk's Nest Trail - Sonoran Preserve

2020-03-06

kingsnake

7.01 mi
961 ft

Union Peak

2019-11-11

adenium

7.03 mi
868 ft

Great Horned Owl Double Lollipop Loop

2019-11-07

norm5715

7.91 mi
1,140 ft

Union Hills Loop

2018-02-22

caragruey

10.26 mi
2,003 ft

Union Peak Loop - PSP - Phoenix

2017-09-26

tdwood

8.34 mi
802 ft

Union Peak Trail - Sonoran Preserve

2017-05-18

Unregistered

7.38 mi
1,021 ft

Union Peak Loop-West

2017-03-02

Unregistered

7.11 mi
1,145 ft

Pk 2144 and 2111

2016-11-13

JasonCleghorn

9.81 mi
1,772 ft

Union Hills Loop

2016-08-20

Unregistered

7.73 mi
1,087 ft

Cactus Wren Loop

2016-04-10

Unregistered

6.32 mi
734 ft

Union Hills Loop

2016-03-25

JasonCleghorn

6.12 mi
924 ft

Cactus Wren-Great Horned Owl Trails

2016-03-21

Unregistered

7.57 mi
848 ft

Desert Vista to Union Peak Sonoran Preserve

2016-02-20

rcorfman

11.11 mi
1,355 ft

Circle Tank Loop

2016-01-25

Unregistered

12.71 mi
903 ft

The Union Hills

2016-01-22

The_Dude

11.32 mi
2,062 ft

Tin Can Tank via Peak 2383

2016-01-08

Unregistered

10.18 mi
1,147 ft

Sonoran Preserve - Peak 2383

2016-01-08

LindaAnn

9.9 mi
1,023 ft

Great Horned Owl Trail - Sonoran Preserve

2015-12-24

Unregistered

8.09 mi
933 ft

Union Peak Trail - Sonoran Preserve

2015-12-04

JasonCleghorn

5.89 mi
861 ft

Sonoran Preserve to the Dam

2015-12-03

Unregistered

10.21 mi
1,272 ft

Sonoran Preserve - Peak 2383

2015-10-28

Unregistered

6.02 mi
951 ft

Union Peak Trail - Sonoran Preserve

2015-10-28

black_toes

8.57 mi
1,138 ft

The Union Hills

2015-10-11

The_Eagle

10.54 mi
1,748 ft

Phoenix Sonoran Desert Preserve

2015-09-07

Unregistered

6.37 mi
747 ft

Desert Tortoise Trail / Union Hills Loop

2015-05-02

CdnInAz

2.85 mi
394 ft

Great Horned Owl Loop

2015-03-23

Unregistered

3.31 mi
435 ft

The Union Hills

2014-12-20

The_Eagle

12.76 mi
2,137 ft

Phoenix Sonoran Preserve Peaks

2014-11-16

trekkin_gecko

9.98 mi
1,991 ft

Union Peak via Desert Tortoise Trail

2014-10-19

cdeperro

6.25 mi
917 ft

War Between the States hike

2014-02-13

Crzy4AZ

10.15 mi
1,993 ft

Union Peak Trail - Sonoran Preserve

2013-10-11

Stoic

6.03 mi
1,120 ft

Little Loop - Sonoran Preserve

2013-03-15

joebartels

2.84 mi
385 ft

Union Peak Trail - Sonoran Preserve

2013-01-22

Lost

6.91 mi
913 ft

Sonoran Preserve - Peak 2383

2011-08-07

Droog

7.65 mi
1,056 ft

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This trail begins .25 miles from the Desert Vista Trailhead via Hawk's Nest Trail. The trail can be used as the southern leg of a 2.3 mile loop by heading west to the Valle Vista Trail, turning north on Valle Vista Trail then heading east on the Dixie Mountain Loop back to the end of Hawk's Nest Trail which returns to the trailhead.

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