Twin Buttes to Hwy 74

Total Miles
6.6

Elevation

609.45 ft

Duration

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Technical Rating

3

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Fall, Winter

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Trail Overview

This is a great short and quick trail, or gateway trail, through desert terrain that gets you from the Twin Buttes to Hwy 74. This trail is north of the Vistancia area, which can lead you to the Lake Pleasant area. There are some offshoot trails that can be explored as well. There is no staging area for trailers.

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Twin Buttes to Hwy 74
Twin Buttes to Hwy 74

Difficulty

Easy trail with some steeper inclinations and deeper rocks in some places. Higher clearance is recommended.

Technical Rating

3

Status Reports

Joshua Hazelton
Oct 30, 2024
2020 Jeep Gladiator
Temporarily Closed
They are building a new housing development in Northpoint in Vistancia. Trail dead ends right into a cactus nursery. I did not see a way around it.
Ayden Verkuylen
Aug 16, 2024
2005 Toyota 4Runner
Obstructed
Completely blocked main trail, whole road is essentially a construction site with multiple blocks and limited access, you can access some of the trails this one leads to but very limited
Tim Wilson
Jun 09, 2024
2022 Jeep Gladiator
Obstructed
Came off of Highway 74. Trail was in good shape but was blocked by construction. This is the short side of the trail but a nice easy ride
Devin Stephens
Apr 20, 2024
4x4
Open
Dusty
Construction has poorly graded large portions of the trail. Some portions are off track on the trail due to new roads being added and the new addition aren’t on the map yet. It seems housing development might eliminate most the trails in this area in the future.

Access Description

Trail is north of Vistancia area. While driving North on El Mirage rd at the 1st roand-about you are able to drive around the mound and cross over the canal.

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