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Desert Trails Park - Mesa - 2 members in 4 triplogs have rated this an average 2.5 ( 1 to 5 best )
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Oct 30 2022
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41 male
 Joined Sep 13 2009
 Mesa, AZ
Desert Trails Park - MesaPhoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Mtn Biking avatar Oct 30 2022
jochalTriplogs 604
Mtn Biking5.60 Miles 150 AEG
Mtn Biking5.60 Miles
150 ft AEG
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Mar 05 2016
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46 male
 Joined Oct 19 2010
 Mesa, AZ
Desert Trails Park - MesaPhoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Hiking avatar Mar 05 2016
Charger55Triplogs 573
Hiking1.25 Miles
Hiking1.25 Miles      30 Mns   2.50 mph
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This park almost makes me want to start mountain biking. Almost... As for hiking, it would make a nice exercise loop if I lived in the area. The peak offers surprisingly good views and there's always the chance you can watch somebody biff it on the Black Diamond course.
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"I've driven across deserts, driven by the irony, that only being shackled to the road could ever I be free"
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Dec 01 2014
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75 male
 Joined May 04 2004
 Mesa, AZ
Desert Trails Park - MesaPhoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
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CannondaleKidTriplogs 2,411
Mtn Biking9.30 Miles 334 AEG
Mtn Biking9.30 Miles   1 Hour   11 Mns   7.86 mph
334 ft AEG
 
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With a few hours free and since the park isn't very far from home we decided to bike over there and check it out. True to cw50must's description this park offers a wide variety of trails in a compressed area. Overall, I'd say they did a great job, just not our cup-of-tea (too busy and compressed) but then we didn't expect it to compare to Hawes or Usery. Even so, one visit is enough.

A few observations:
The trail map at the parking lot is not accurate. Traveling on the Rollie Pollie Trail (shouldn't that be Roly-Poly, not Pollie want a cracker?) on the western side, there are four trail exits yet the map only shows two.

Traveling up the [Something?] Butte Trail from the parking lot you must turn a corner and look backward at the signs to see if you made the correct turn. In other words, the signs are after the turn and facing the wrong way.

Unfortunately the website maps are still the original planning maps and are quite different than the existing trails, even more so than the map at the park. It included other moderate trails for one thing.

I'm only posting the outer perimeter Rollie Pollie Trail GPS track since I've already forgotten the names of the other trails we tried.
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Nov 25 2014
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48 male
 Joined Jun 09 2009
 Mesa, AZ
Desert Trails Park - MesaPhoenix, AZ
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cw50mustTriplogs 334
Mtn Biking6.11 Miles
Mtn Biking6.11 Miles
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Had a week vacation and decided a week day was going to be my best option to check out the new park put together by the City of Mesa. They did a good job with this place. The riding is a little different than what I am used to or what I prefer, but it was worth checking out.
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