Name: Dixie Mountain Loop
Rating: 4.4

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Family Friendly Access via the Bobcat Trail lends itself to turning around at any point for a downhill return, or ride counter-clockwise to Dixie Summit as a good turnaround point if accessing via Hawk's Nest.

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This is a sweet desert doubletrack loop, and one of the more popular trails in the area. It only occasionally goes to singletrack.

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Local Club: Cave Creek Bicycle Association

Land Manager: City of Phoenix - Trails and Desert Preserves

Shared By:

Wendy Sweet with improvements by Tim Adams

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Trail Ratings

4.4 from 17 votes

#3

in Phoenix Sonoran Desert Preserve

#1313

Overall

4.4 from 17 votes

5 Star		53%
4 Star		35%
3 Star		12%
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1 Star		0%

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#3

in Phoenix Sonoran Desert…

#60

in Arizona

#1,313

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Top of trailhead for Dixie Mountain Loop.

Feb 4, 2022 near Anthem, AZ

Feb 4, 2022 near Anthem, AZ

Sunday morning ride on Sonoran Figure 8 Loop. Hot air balloons around every corner!

Jun 16, 2014 near Anthem, AZ

Awesome ride on the Dixie Mountain Loop!!!

Feb 4, 2022 near Anthem, AZ

Dec 5, 2019 near Anthem, AZ

Intersecting Trailheads Trail V to DT or ride D as a loop

May 2, 2014 near Anthem, AZ

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Feb 16, 2025

Atsuko Ohtake

Dec 26, 2024

Tim Adams

Starting at the parking lot

Aug 24, 2023

Mountain Park

4mi — 0h 45m

Jun 30, 2023

Mountain Park

0.5mi — 0h 03m

Sep 10, 2022

Spencer Jones

Met some German tourists. first ride of the year, walked a LOT

Apr 26, 2022

Spencer Jones

First time out by myself. I walked about half.

Nov 21, 2021

Mountain Park

3.5mi — 1h 10m

Oct 13, 2021

Robin Evans Kremer

Dec 27, 2020

wes hayutin

Dec 17, 2020

Victor Aguilar

Oct 8, 2020

AJ Wanta

Backside of Dixie loop = Best view of sunrise in area. 4mi

Sep 13, 2020

AJ Wanta

Great ride, crux is right at the beginning of the ride with a nice incline up Hawks Nest. Plenty of connecting trails to explore Nature. 3.6mi

Feb 23, 2020

Garrett Sissingh

13h 00m

Jan 25, 2020

Ben Rakozy

Great loop. I prefer it clockwise.

Oct 19, 2019

Ben Rakozy

Oct 17, 2019

Sean Terrillion

6.9mi — 0h 53m

Sep 29, 2019

Ben Rakozy

Jun 1, 2019

Sean Terrillion

6mi — 0h 50m

May 4, 2019

Sean Terrillion

6mi — 0h 52m

Apr 15, 2019

Johannes Bremicker

Did it in 60min from my house in fireside ember crest 4mi — 6h 00m

Apr 23, 2018

Michael Courter

Jan 18, 2018

C Ratliff

4.9mi

Oct 6, 2017

C Ratliff

4.6mi

Oct 5, 2017

C Ratliff

4.6mi

Sep 28, 2017

C Ratliff

First day back on the trails in a long time. First time on this trail. Fun ride! Enjoyed the nice downhill section to finish. 4.5mi

Nov 20, 2016

Lost Justpastnowhere

Nov 19, 2016

Jim Jensen

Dixie mountain loop

Apr 4, 2015

Njegos K.

5.8mi — 0h 54m

May 4, 2014

Pierre Munger

Most riders ride though entire trail. Some steep uphills, minimal flat ground, either uphill or downhill. Would recommend going clockwise

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Dixie Mountain Loop

“A popular singletrack loop in the Sonoran Desert Preserve. ”

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2,047' 624 m

1,654' 504 m

543' 165 m

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Family Friendly Access via the Bobcat Trail lends itself to turning around at any point for a downhill return, or ride counter-clockwise to Dixie Summit as a good turnaround point if accessing via Hawk's Nest.

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#1313

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#60

#1,313

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Phoenix Sonoran Preserve North/South Loop

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