Any good spots in Mesa Arizona??

Just moved south to Tempe Arizona for college, Mesa is right next door, tired of street shredding, need some dirt action ASAP, anyone familiar with any good prerunning trails in or around Mesa Arizona?

 

https://azoffroading.com/arizona-trails/

 

Head East young man. Specifically, head E on US-60 towards Superior. Take a left at the Queen Valley turnoff. Take a right into Hewitt Station Road and good for it. There are a lot of classic routes in this area. Just did Montana Mountain Loop last weekend, had a blast. You don’t have to do the whole loop to enjoy the drive. If you stay on 60, about 4-ish miles past three Queen Valley turnoff, take a right onto Mineral Mountain Road (probably a few trucks staged here already when you get there). Mineral Mountain Road gives you access to the entire western front of the mountain range between the 60 and Florence to the S. Tons of options, you came to the right place. HMU for more specific directions, or if you ever want someone to show you around.

 

Man. Phat thumbs, hockey and beer distractions make for amusing posts when I re-read what I just posted.

 

4wheel Drive required for these trails?

 

I would say yes. You’ll definitely need high clearance. Anyone else have an opinion?

 

Is there any open parts that you can rip? I’m looking for more of a prerunning trail that I can test out my midtravel setup I recently installed. Anything on the east side of the valley?

 

Mineral Mountain Road. Easily accessible from US-60 a couple miles east of the Queen Valley turnoff. Look for the American Flag on your right. If it’s a red flag, that means that the National Guard is doing maneuvers and you probably shouldn’t enter.

 

Is that a slow Rocky rolling road or can you rip the trail pretty hard?

 

Both. But more rocky rolling. If you just want to rip it, Hewitt Station Road is all dirt and runs from Queen Vally to near Superior. There may be opposing traffic so be careful.

 

Sweet, you live out that way?

 

Sure do. I live in Gold Canyon. I can show you some stuff out this way.

 

Definitely Sycamore Creek. Take country club to beeline highway and head north. Right across from it is four peaks which is also worth checking out.

 

I second Sycamore Creek.
Bring guns.
Also the BFG has a pretty good trail app now.