Arizona trails · Spring
Spring
A 6.3-mile out-and-back in Arizona, with 1,148 ft of climbing. Reaches Suicide Tank and other lake/spring destinations. Managed by U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 2,577 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Suicide Tank (lake)
- Copperas Spring (spring)
- Upper Oak Spring (spring)
- Coalson Spring (spring)
- Oak Spring (spring)
- Clear Spring (spring)
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Getting there
Spring access. 33.26124, -109.14560 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:24 a.m., the sun rises at 5:49 a.m. and sets at 6:43 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:08 p.m. (MST) — 12 h 53 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 12.5-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 48 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 11:37 a.m. — 7 h 06 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Wildbunch — 2.5 mi
- Horse Canyon — 5.1 mi
- Pat Mesa — 5.6 mi
- Woods — 10.7 mi