Lookout Trail - MSP, AZ

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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

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Inaugural Calculation on Button Tap!

2024-02-03

Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail

astrobrewer

2023-10-14

Tom Lookout at the Eclipse

The_Eagle

2023-10-14

Tom Lookout at the Eclipse

Tortoise_Hiker

2023-09-22

Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail

pseudalpine

2023-04-02

Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP

trekkin_gecko

2023-04-02

Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP

johnlp

2023-03-19

Dixie Mine - Toms Thumb Lasso

DixieFlyer

2023-02-01

Toms Black Thumb - Search for Bob

The_Eagle

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McDowell Sonoran Preserves

Preferred Nov, Mar, Apr, Oct

Sun 6:03am - 6:49pm

Official Route & 3 Rts

45 Alternative

Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pas...

2025-03-02

astrobrewer

13.4 mi
3,049 ft

Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pas...

2024-02-03

astrobrewer

14.05 mi
3,288 ft

Dixie Mine - Toms Thumb LO Lasso ...

2023-12-14

DixieFlyer

18.07 mi
3,069 ft

Tom Lookout at the Eclipse

2023-10-14

The_Eagle

6.19 mi
1,520 ft

Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pas...

2023-09-22

pseudalpine

13.91 mi
3,224 ft

Dixie Mine - Toms Thumb Lasso

2023-03-19

DixieFlyer

18.56 mi
3,291 ft

Toms Black Thumb - Search for Bob

2023-02-01

The_Eagle

8.75 mi
2,782 ft

Dixie Mine Super Loop

2023-01-30

DixieFlyer

18.27 mi
3,579 ft

Dixie Mine Crazy 8 Loop

2022-11-04

DixieFlyer

18.49 mi
3,224 ft

Tom's Thumb Trail South via 104th...

2022-10-10

pseudalpine

14.56 mi
3,380 ft

Muggy Morning McDowell Meander

2022-08-13

The_Eagle

6.81 mi
1,592 ft

Lost Wall Loop - McDowell Mountains

2022-05-01

pseudalpine

5.05 mi
1,558 ft

Micky D Loop

2022-03-20

cindyl

13.61 mi
3,148 ft

Dixie Mine Super Loop

2022-02-16

DixieFlyer

18.06 mi
3,818 ft

Toms Thumb-Bell Pass loop

2021-12-03

LindaAnn

13.7 mi
3,209 ft

Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pas...

2021-11-23

JuanJaimeiii

13.44 mi
3,410 ft

Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP

2021-11-15

pseudalpine

11.19 mi
3,371 ft

Hog - Thumb - Windgate - East Loop

2020-02-05

DixieFlyer

11.29 mi
3,574 ft

Gateway - Lookout - Desert Park Loop

2020-01-25

joebartels

14.5 mi
3,107 ft

Gateway - Lookout - Desert Park Loop

2020-01-25

The_Eagle

14.19 mi
3,064 ft

Hog Heaven - East End - Toms Thumb

2018-12-29

The_Eagle

12.79 mi
4,046 ft

Hog Heaven - East End - Tom's Thumb

2018-12-29

joebartels

16.81 mi
6,295 ft

Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pas...

2017-12-10

trekkin_gecko

12.91 mi
3,366 ft

Tom's Thumb from Gateway Trailhead

2017-11-29

JuanJaimeiii

11.86 mi
3,025 ft

McDowell Balloon

2017-09-30

The_Eagle

12.2 mi
2,631 ft

Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pas...

2017-05-28

JuanJaimeiii

12.52 mi
3,114 ft

Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pas...

2017-04-20

JuanJaimeiii

13.01 mi
3,339 ft

Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pas...

2017-04-01

JuanJaimeiii

12.39 mi
3,121 ft

Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pas...

2017-03-07

JuanJaimeiii

12.56 mi
3,114 ft

Micky D Loop

2016-12-26

The_Eagle

13.54 mi
3,157 ft

Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pas...

2016-09-24

JuanJaimeiii

12.58 mi
3,139 ft

East End Tom's Thumb x 2 & Lookout

2016-04-17

JasonCleghorn

7.1 mi
2,447 ft

Toms Thumb with Lookout

2016-04-09

JuanJaimeiii

5.33 mi
1,709 ft

Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP

2016-03-20

LindaAnn

11.21 mi
3,294 ft

Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP

2016-02-21

hikingaz2

12.16 mi
3,222 ft

McDowell Loop

2016-01-16

The_Eagle

18.84 mi
4,169 ft

Rehab Hike #2

2016-01-06

FLYING_FLIVER

5.77 mi
1,581 ft

Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pas...

2015-05-23

trekkin_gecko

12.73 mi
3,218 ft

McDowell Loop

2015-05-16

The_Eagle

14.73 mi
3,529 ft

McDowell Meander

2014-04-26

The_Eagle

19.89 mi
5,720 ft

McDowells Loop

2013-05-27

John9L

14.36 mi
3,884 ft

Tom's Thumb-Windgate-East End-Ogr...

2013-04-20

The_Eagle

11.2 mi
3,337 ft

Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pas...

2012-04-06

tibber

12.91 mi
3,173 ft

Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP

2010-12-24

The_Eagle

5.22 mi
1,733 ft

Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP

2010-05-19

The_Eagle

11.33 mi
3,630 ft

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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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