Arizona trails · General Crook
General Crook
A 38.4-mile point-to-point in Arizona, with 4,649 ft of climbing. Reaches Meadow Tank and other lake/spring destinations. Managed by U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the first third: 50% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 12.8. It gives back about 2,323 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Meadow Tank (lake)
- Kehl Spring (spring)
- Baker Lake (lake)
- Sawlog Tank Number Two (lake)
- General Springs (spring)
- Twentynine Tank (lake)
- Apron Tank (lake)
- Meadow Canyon Tank (lake)
- Barrow Tank (lake)
- Tenmile Tank (lake)
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Getting there
General Crook access — parking nearby. About 1 h 31 min drive (40 mi, 12 of them unpaved) from Payson. 34.45852, -111.25156 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:04 a.m., the sun rises at 6:29 a.m. and sets at 5:51 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:17 p.m. (MST) — 11 h 22 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 38.4-mile route works out to roughly 16 h 33 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- Mogollon Rim Snowmobile C + General Crook — 2.0 mi loop, 217 ft gain
- General Crook + Mogollon Rim Snowmobile C + Bear Snowmobile Loop — 15.1 mi loop, 3,494 ft gain
- General Crook + Mogollon Rim Snowmobile C — 1.5 mi loop, 136 ft gain