Coachwhip Trail Loop

The Pemberton Trail is the best known trail in this area and is the arterial backbone connecting other spur trails. Don't just ride Pemberton and feel like you've seen it all. Many of the most fun trails are spurs off of the Pemberton trail. This Coachwhip Trail loop incorporates many of the other trails that branch off the Pemberton Trail.Start at the hiker's trailhead parking just inside the entrance to the main campground.Ride through the campground to the far west end. Take the campground spur trail that accesses Granite Trail. (Alternatively you can follow Wagner Trail from the parking area for 1.1 miles.)Turn right at the "Tee" junction and follow Granite Trail signs.At mile 2.88 you connect with Bluff Trail. Turn right.At mile 4.06 you connect with Pemberton Trail. Turn left.At mile 4.32 turn right and follow Rock Knob Trail.At mile 4.91 go through a gate that takes you outside McDowell Mountain Regional Park and brings you into McDowell Sonoran Preserve. Continue along main trails, bearing left. At mile 6.11 you go thru another fence and re-enter McDowell Mountain Regional Park.At mile 7.35 you reconnect with Pemberton Trail. Turn right.At mile 8.07 turn right onto Coachwhip Trail.At mile 10.65 turn left onto Dixie Mine Trail.At mile 12.88 turn left onto Pemberton Trail. At mile 14.69 turn right onto Tonto Tank Trail.At mile 17.35 turn left onto Pemberton Trail. At mile 17.79 turn left onto Granite Trail.At mile 19.03 turn right toward the campground.At mile 19.77 arrive back to the start. Courtesy of Singletracks.com