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Difficulty
1 of 5
Distance Round Trip
0.86 miles
Trailhead Elevation
3,749 feet
Elevation Gain
132 feet
Accumulated Gain
214 feet
Kokopelli Seeds
1.93
Inaugural Calculation on Button Tap!
2
2021-01-30
Desert Park Lasso
hikerdw
10
2020-12-22
Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail
Daytripper
11
2020-02-08
Lost Wall Loop - McDowell Mountains
Nightstalker
17
2020-02-05
Hog - Thumb - Windgate - East Loop
DixieFlyer
5
2020-01-25
Gateway - Lookout - Desert Park Loop
The_Eagle
4
2020-01-25
Gateway - Lookout - Desert Park Loop
joebartels
18
2018-12-29
Hog Heaven - East End - Toms Thumb
rayhuston
19
2018-12-29
Hog Heaven - East End - Toms Thumb
The_Eagle
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Historical Weather
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Preferred Nov, Mar, Apr, Oct
Official Route
24 Alternative
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Lookout Trail - MSP
Official Route
paulshikleejr
0.71 mi 208 ft
Lookout Trail - MSP
12.75 mi 3,006 ft
Lookout Trail - MSP
0.85 mi 172 ft
2 unofficial routes
Hog - Thumb - Windgate - East Loop
11.29 mi 3,574 ft
Hog Heaven - East End - Toms Thumb
12.79 mi 4,046 ft
Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail
12.91 mi 3,366 ft
Tom's Thumb from Gateway Trailhead
11.86 mi 3,025 ft
McDowell Balloon
12.2 mi 2,631 ft
Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail
12.52 mi 3,114 ft
Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail
13.01 mi 3,339 ft
Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail
12.39 mi 3,121 ft
Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail
12.56 mi 3,114 ft
Micky D Loop
13.54 mi 3,157 ft
Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail
12.58 mi 3,139 ft
East End Tom's Thumb x 2 & Lookout
7.1 mi 2,447 ft
Toms Thumb with Lookout
5.33 mi 1,709 ft
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP
11.21 mi 3,294 ft
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP
12.16 mi 3,222 ft
McDowell Loop
18.84 mi 4,169 ft
Rehab Hike #2
5.77 mi 1,581 ft
Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail
12.73 mi 3,218 ft
McDowell Loop
14.73 mi 3,529 ft
McDowell Meander
19.89 mi 5,720 ft
McDowells Loop
14.36 mi 3,884 ft
Tom's Thumb-Windgate-East End-Ogre Loop
11.2 mi 3,337 ft
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP
5.22 mi 1,733 ft
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP
11.33 mi 3,630 ft
Overview: the lookout is accessed off tom's thumb trail just west of the climbing areas this out and back provides some of the best views in the mcdowell mountains
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Triplogs .
2012-03-20