Arizona trails · Woods
Woods
A 8.8-mile out-and-back in Arizona, with 1,085 ft of climbing. Reaches Sardine Spring and other lake/spring/waterfall destinations. Managed by U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 2,331 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Sardine Spring (spring)
- Woods Spring (spring)
- Assessment Tank (lake)
- Dog Flat Tank (lake)
- Sardine Falls (waterfall)
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Getting there
Woods access. About 1 h 37 min drive (52 mi, 9 of them unpaved) from Safford. 33.15471, -109.28096 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:55 a.m., the sun rises at 6:20 a.m. and sets at 5:45 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:10 p.m. (MST) — 11 h 25 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 17.5-mile round trip takes roughly 7 h 34 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 1:54 p.m. — 3 h 51 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Hickey Springs — 5.0 mi
- Painted Bluff — 5.4 mi
- Hl Canyon — 7.1 mi
- Pat Mesa — 10.2 mi