2.5 miles
Distance
95 ft
Climb
-413 ft
Descent
00:12:58
Avg time
Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Lower Hawes Trail

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    Land Manager

Lower Hawes Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Hawes
    Mesa, Arizona
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (1 vote)
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T1 Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular in reverse
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #1245 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #11643 in Trail Running
    • #4814 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    55 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 65 in Trail Running
    • 50 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    Tonto National Forest

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Lower Hawes is a 3 mile moderately popular blue singletrack scenic trail located near Mesa Arizona. This multi-use trail can be used both directions and has a hard overall physical rating with a 95 ft blue climb. On average it takes 12 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Lower Hawes multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -316 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,419 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,800 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,777 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,460 ft
  • Grade
    -2.4%
  • Grade max
    -23.2%
  • Grade min
    16.1%
  • Distance climb
    3,990 ft
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    843 ft
  • Avg time
    00:12:58
  • Avg reverse time
    00:28:32
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on Oct 11, 2024
Very Dry
Avg: 4 (35 votes)
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      Lower Hawes Trail Reports

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      Oct 11, 2024 @ 12:59pm
      Oct 11, 2024
      Saguaro removal.
      May 13, 2024 @ 7:26am
      May 13, 2024
      Mar 10, 2024 @ 10:40pm
      Mar 10, 2024
      Jan 19, 2024 @ 7:41am
      Jan 19, 2024
      Nov 20, 2023 @ 3:08pm
      Nov 20, 2023
      		 Lots of the trail have been washed away from last rain storm
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 12 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 247 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      All
      • 7,944 rides
      • Last: Dec 6, 2024

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      632 |
      Oct 17, 2019 @ 9:05pm
      Oct 17, 2019
      413 |
      May 12, 2018 @ 10:30am
      May 12, 2018
      569 |
      Apr 14, 2020 @ 3:07pm
      Apr 14, 2020
      498 |
      Feb 23, 2016 @ 6:25am
      Feb 23, 2016

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