Arizona trails · Sunrise Snowmobile 409/261
Sunrise Snowmobile 409/261
A 18.9-mile out-and-back in Arizona, with 383 ft of climbing. Reaches Ant 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 960 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Ant Tank (lake)
- Pothole Tank (lake)
- Arrow Tank (lake)
- Seventy-Three Tank (lake)
- Riley Tank (lake)
- Drumstick Tank (lake)
- Pool Corral Spring (spring)
- Bill Riley Tank (lake)
- Coleman Spring (spring)
- Trap Tank Spring (spring)
Getting there
Sunrise Snowmobile 409/261 access — parking nearby. 33.92092, -109.44777 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:25 a.m., the sun rises at 5:50 a.m. and sets at 6:45 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:10 p.m. (MST) — 12 h 54 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 37.8-mile round trip works out to roughly 14 h 22 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Nearby trails
- Railroad Grade — 11.5 mi
- Overland — 12.7 mi
- Highline — 25.7 mi