Balanced Rock Trail

 2 votes
  1. Areas
  2. AZ
  3. …Phoenix Metro
  4. …Scottsdale
  5. McDowell Sonoran Preserve

1.6 Miles 2.6 Kilometers

 

100% 

Runnable

Singletrack

123' 38 m

Ascent

-15' -5 m

Descent

2,870' 875 m

High

2,747' 837 m

Low

2%

Avg Grade (1°)

4%

Max Grade (2°)

Unknown

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“Perfect rolling singletrack.”

— Tom Dobson
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Overview

Features: Birding — Views — Wildflowers — Wildlife

Runner Notes

Charmin soft... easy running packed sand.

Description

Starting at the powerline road, head north along this awesome undulating trail for about a mile and a half. Eventually, it connects with the Cholla Mountain Loop Trail and kisses the Granite Mountain Loop.

The namesake rock is about halfway on the trail.

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Land Manager: City of Scottsdale

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in McDowell Sonoran Preserve

#339

in Arizona

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I think its a Jackalope!!!
I think its a Jackalope!!!
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Balanced Rock, up close and personal
Balanced Rock, up close and personal
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