Arizona trails · New River Mesa Trail MT-17
New River Mesa Trail MT-17
A 9.4-mile out-and-back in Arizona, with 817 ft of climbing. Reaches Reed Tank and other lake/summit destinations.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the middle third: 53% of the ascent falls between mile 3.1 and mile 6.3. It gives back about 874 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Reed Tank (lake)
- New River Mesa Tank (lake)
- Division Tank (lake)
- Mesa Tank (lake)
- Little Grapevine Tank (lake)
- Big Tank (lake)
- Road Tank (lake)
- New River Mesa (summit)
Getting there
New River Mesa Trail MT-17 access. About 2 h 57 min drive (59 mi, 22 of them unpaved) from Phoenix. 33.95421, -111.99818 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:06 a.m., the sun rises at 6:32 a.m. and sets at 5:55 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:20 p.m. (MST) — 11 h 23 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 18.9-mile round trip takes roughly 7 h 48 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 2:20 p.m. — 3 h 35 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Davenport — 18.5 mi
- Lane Mountain — 23.1 mi