HIKING TRAILS

HIKING TRAILS McDowell Sonoran Preserve

Scottsdale’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve is home to stunning geography, lush cacti forests, and diverse wildlife. It features award-winning trails and facilities. Explore the preserve, stretched across 14,000 scenic acres of Scottsdale. Fountain Hills owns 740 acres of this beautiful preserve. https://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/Assets/ScottsdaleAZ/ Preserve/Preserve+North+Area+Trail+Map.pdf

Fountain Hills McDowell Mountain Preserve

Fountain Hills McDowell Mountain Preserve offers over 8 miles of trails across 824 acres in the McDowell Mountains with interconnections to the Scottsdale McDowell Preserve and McDowell Mountain Regional Park. https://www.scfh.org/

Lake Overlook Trail

This trail is Fountain Hills’ best kept secret. Park in the parking lot on the east side of Fountain Park, walk across the street to hit the trail. The distance from this trailhead on Panorama Drive to the other entrance at Saguaro Blvd. and Panorama is 1.17 miles. https://www.fh.az.gov/DocumentCenter/View/724/ Lake-Overlook-Trail-PDF

Desert Sonoran Botanical Garden Trail

This wildlife preserve and garden was founded in 1975 to acquaint guests with the plants of the Sonoran Desert. The out-and-back trail is 1.2 miles round-trip with a turnaround at a dam built during the area’s ranching days. https://www.fh.az.gov/DocumentCenter/View/721/ Desert-Botanical-Garden-Trail-PDF

Dixie Mine Trail

This out-and-back trail totals 11.1 miles. It begins at the Golden Eagle Trailhead with a stroll through the Eagle’s Nest neighborhood to the trail entrance at the boundary of McDowell Mountain Regional Park. The trail ends at the old Dixie Mine where you can see two secured entrances to the mine and Hohokam petroglyphs. https://hikearizona.com/decoder.php?ZTN=15885

Andrews-Kinsey to Sunrise

This 2.4-mile connector trail brings together the Scottsdale McDowell Sonoran Preserve and the Fountain Hills Preserve. It connects the Sunrise Trail with the Western Loop Trail at the Adero Canyon Trailhead. https://www.fh.az.gov/616/AndrewsKinsey-Trail-AK-1--AK4

Sonoran Trail

This 3.3-mile trail connects the Dixie Mine Trail to the Western Loop-Promenade Trail at the Adero Canyon Trailhead. This brings two great spaces together: McDowell Mountain Regional Park and the Fountain Hills Preserve. https://www.fh.az.gov/610/Sonoran-Trail-ST-30

Western Look-Promenade Trail

These trails connect to form a 2.3-mile loop trail starting from the Adero Canyon Trailhead. https://www.fh.az.gov/615/Promenade-Trail-PT-12

Ridgeline Trail

Our newest trail, the Ridgeline, is 2.6 miles round-trip. It begins at the Adero Canyon Trailhead and goes out to a beautiful scenic overlook above ADERO Scottsdale to the south and SunRidge Canyon to the north. This is the place to go for spectacular views of Fountain Hills and beyond. https://www.fh.az.gov/617/Ridgeline-Trail-RT1-RT4

Sunrise Trail

This climb will give you a cardio workout with its steady climb and switchbacks. The trail is 4.9 miles from the trailhead at the eastern end of Via Linda to its terminus at the Lost Dog Wash Trailhead near 124th Street and Cactus in Scottsdale. https://www.mcdowellsonoran.org/sunrise

Lake Overlook Trail Sunrise Trail