1.9 miles
Distance
32 ft
Climb
-97 ft
Descent
00:10:12
Avg time

Canal Trail Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Hawes
    Mesa, Arizona
  • Difficulty Rating
    Green rate
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T1 Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #21362 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #41340 in Trail Running
    • #82275 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    70 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 55 in Trail Running
    • 50 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    Tonto National Forest

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Canal Trail is a 2 mile popular green singletrack trail located near Mesa Arizona. This multi-use trail can be used both directions and has a easy overall physical rating with a 32 ft green climb. On average it takes 10 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Canal Trail multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -66 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,509 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,582 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,574 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,509 ft
  • Grade
    -0.644%
  • Grade max
    -8.809%
  • Grade min
    4.555%
  • Distance climb
    3,538 ft
  • Distance down
    4,446 ft
  • Distance flat
    2,201 ft
  • Avg time
    00:10:12
  • Avg reverse time
    00:13:26
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Status:
on Mar 17, 2023
Ideal
Avg: 3.7 (10 votes)
Your vote: 0

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      Canal Trail Trail Reports

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      Mar 17, 2023 @ 7:52am
      Mar 17, 2023
      Jan 20, 2023 @ 7:33am
      Jan 20, 2023
      Dec 10, 2022 @ 10:11pm
      Dec 10, 2022
      Nov 5, 2022 @ 9:41am
      Nov 5, 2022
      Assessing project area.
      Jul 24, 2022 @ 5:15am
      Jul 24, 2022
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 27 rides
      • 14 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 499 rides
      • 14 miles avg distance
      All
      • 5,209 rides
      • Last: Mar 24, 2023

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      Mar 18, 2023 @ 8:40pm
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      Jan 27, 2019 @ 7:52pm
      Jan 27, 2019

      Routes with this trail

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      Hawes: Gidro Pass18 miles

      1 Review & Comments

      • + 0
      Samgreene (Feb 13, 2018 at 21:27)
      Easy trail you can use to get to Hawes or TRW trails. One big southbound jump. Optional steep climb in north - bypass with road.
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