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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!
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
11
2018-12-29
Hog Heaven - East End - Tom's Thumb
joebartels
9
2018-12-29
Hog Heaven - East End - Toms Thumb
johnlp
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Historical Weather
Trailhead Forecast Radar
Preferred Nov, Mar, Apr, Oct
Official Route
Lookout Trail - MSP
Official Route paulshikleejr
0.71 mi
Lookout Trail - MSP 12.75 mi
Lookout Trail - MSP 0.85 mi 2 unofficial routes
Hog - Thumb - Windgate - East Loop 11.29 mi
Hog Heaven - East End - Toms Thumb 12.79 mi
Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail 12.91 mi
Tom's Thumb from Gateway Trailhead 11.86 mi
McDowell Balloon 12.2 mi
Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail 12.52 mi
Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail 13.01 mi
Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail 12.39 mi
Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail 12.56 mi
Micky D Loop 13.54 mi
Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail 12.58 mi
East End Tom's Thumb x 2 & Lookout 7.1 mi
Toms Thumb with Lookout 5.33 mi
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP 11.21 mi
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP 12.16 mi
McDowell Loop 18.84 mi
Rehab Hike #2 5.77 mi
Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail 12.73 mi
McDowell Loop 14.73 mi
McDowell Meander 19.89 mi
McDowells Loop 14.36 mi
Tom's Thumb-Windgate-East End-Ogre Loop 11.2 mi
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP 5.22 mi
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP 11.33 mi
Fauna
American Kestrel
Canyon Towhee
Gilded Flicker
Harris Antelope Squirrel
Rock Squirrel
Rock Wren
White-lined Sphinx Caterpillar
Flora
Banana Yucca
Blackfoot Daisy
Brittlebush
Chinchweed
Coulter's Lupine
Desert Holly (herb)
Desert Mariposa
Engelmann Prickly Pear
Fairy Duster
Flat Top Buckwheat
Four O'Clock
Lupine
Mexican Gold Poppy
Parish's goldeneye
Penstemon
Saguaro
Scarlet Four O'Clock
Strawberry Hedgehog
Teddy Bear Cholla
Named place
Black Mountain
Drinkwater Peak 3914
East End
Fountain Lake
Fountain Park
Four Peaks
Fraesfield Mountain
Indian Cave
McDowell Mountains
McDowell Peak
Mountain Spring
Ogre's Den
Pinnacle Peak
Pinnacle Peak Park
Thompson Peak
Tom's Thumb
Troon Mountain
Weavers Needle
Culture
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Trail Signs and Markings
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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