Name: Lone Cactus Loop
Rating: 4.3

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From the parking area, ride up the hill and walk your bike through the cattle guard. Take a look at the trail sign on the other side of the gate, then head down the trail behind it. Follow the signs to stay on the Lone Cactus Loop. This trail connects to Christmas Tree Loop at it's eastern reaches.

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Local Club: Sonoran Desert Mountain Bicyclists

Jul 29, 2026: Mt Graham Article about SDMB Volunteers

Jul 17, 2026: IMBA Article about Tucson Trails

Feb 25, 2026: Raffle WInner

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Dave Lenhardt with improvements by Nathan Tomlin and 2 others

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4.3 from 84 votes

#1

in Fantasy Island

#56

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4.3 from 84 votes

5 Star		51%
4 Star		33%
3 Star		13%
2 Star		2%
1 Star		0%

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in Fantasy Island

#3

in Arizona

#56

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Jumping Cholla Cactus and Prickly Pear Cactus on the Bunny's Revenge Loop at the Fantasy Island Trails in Tuscon AZ

Dec 8, 2013 near Tanque…, AZ

Tearing up the fast desert terrain of the awesome Fantasy Island trail network.

Jul 24, 2013 near Tanque…, AZ

Jan 9, 2019 near Tanque…, AZ

Alex Barnett, first time on Lone Cactus and lov'in it!

Nov 24, 2015 near Tanque…, AZ

I've donated DNA at the bottom of the shaft, as have many others. This intimidating drop is remarkably smooth due to the pavers stones, but there is a quick left and immediate climb waiting on the other side.

Nov 25, 2015 near Tanque…, AZ

Dec 8, 2013 near Tanque…, AZ

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Mar 29, 2026

af voltron

Took a 9 and 12 year old. Near the end it was pretty difficult for them. 6.6mi — 2h 08m

Feb 16, 2026

Becky Quinn

Super Rocky and chunky but fun little ride!

Jul 6, 2025

Eric Bemis

Post rain dirt. Fast and fun. 20.5mi — 2h 00m

Feb 16, 2025

Steven Herrera

Jan 28, 2025

John Wright

306' elevation gain on Lone Cactus & Christmas tree dry trails. — 1h 14m

Apr 5, 2024

Matt Hage

Combined with Christmas Tree Loop 7.8mi — 1h 00m

Oct 7, 2023

Randy Rosado

Awesome 6.4mi — 0h 50m

Jun 4, 2023

Randy Rosado

6.4mi

Jan 31, 2023

Chad Cavender

Jun 21, 2022

Emily Mercer

May 31, 2022

Grant Romrell

This is the trail that got me hooked on MTB. It's technical but not too overly complicated. Some awesome scenic views. 6.4mi — 1h 08m

Apr 27, 2022

Javier Garayzar

6.3mi

Apr 2, 2022

Carlos Banuelos

6.6mi — 10h 00m

Dec 14, 2021

Brendan B

Sep 23, 2021

Angie Tegethoff

Apr 3, 2021

Matt Lewandowski

Singletrack flow. A few peddle jumps. The shaft and half pipe are fun. Half pip has a few 4'+ drops if you are interested.

Feb 12, 2021

Chris S

Jan 31, 2021

Lisa Munsch

Lovely ride. Along Air Force base. Did shaft. lots of up and down. Smooth trails. 12mi

Dec 28, 2020

Dan 60D5H411

With T, O, E

Dec 28, 2020

Brian Robert

Just a quick loop w The GF. She ate it. I'll be back for more. Super fun rollers with some loose rocks n sand. 3mi

Dec 1, 2020

Jeff Turk

Nov 25, 2020

Private User

Nov 18, 2020

Vince Aguirre

had to walk a few hills due to me not having it in right gear. also wiped out first down hill. pulled up late. 6.4mi

Aug 30, 2020

Keith Conway

Lone Cactus + Bo's Loop 8mi — 1h 00m

Aug 4, 2020

d. brown

May 24, 2020

Joseph Nassar

Apr 21, 2020

Jim Camp

Jan 26, 2020

Veronica Ríesgo

Nov 15, 2019

Brigitte Flanagan

Oct 25, 2019

Jacob Kolessar

Sep 2, 2019

Jade Suster

Jun 26, 2019

Victor H

8mi — 1h 30m

Jun 20, 2019

Alvaro Bours

Jun 8, 2019

Scott Neal

May 12, 2019

Mark Darrah

Great trail. Enjoyed all of. Could be marked a little better but after another time or two it will be easier to figure out. Excited to come back out. 7mi

Apr 22, 2019

Tom Dirlam

Mar 27, 2019

Czar Huang

Mar 27, 2019

John HOOPER

Mar 24, 2019

AlƎx Smith

Mar 5, 2019

Steve Archer

Feb 1, 2019

Simon VW

Jan 21, 2019

Chad Erickson

6.4mi

Dec 24, 2018

Maven 1959

Added: Bunny Loop, Snake Dance Loop, Bunny's Revenge, and Christmas Tree Loop. 16.9mi — 2h 00m

Oct 14, 2018

Dan Petschauer

12mi

Oct 14, 2018

Jose Leal

Oct 8, 2018

Dan Petschauer

took bo's loop 8mi

Sep 28, 2018

Jesse Ryan

Sep 12, 2018

Devin Lubeck

May 20, 2018

Katie Croft

May 15, 2018

Fleece Johnson

Lots of detours, awesome fun singletrack 9.8mi

Apr 28, 2018

Brian Jones

Apr 12, 2018

Brooke Stathis

Round 2

Apr 5, 2018

Jonathan Durland

Mar 31, 2018

Matt Swanson

Mar 8, 2018

Elliot Semonsky

Feb 22, 2018

Sam Ledford

6.4mi

Jan 25, 2018

Ryan H

6.2mi

Jan 25, 2018

Taylor Reynaga

Dec 23, 2017

Daniel Goldberg

Nov 23, 2017

Money Bagski

Nov 22, 2017

Jordan Hillwig

Nov 21, 2017

Eric Gardey

6.4mi

Nov 6, 2017

Ken Harris

rode this morning

Oct 10, 2017

Hannah Celina

Sep 23, 2017

Nick D

6mi — 0h 25m

Sep 18, 2017

Stuart Black

A great desert ride. Watch out for the cactus! 6.5mi — 1h 03m

Sep 16, 2017

Nick D

6mi — 0h 25m

Jul 22, 2017

Chehoski Eli-jacob

Jun 5, 2017

Janet Reburn

May 13, 2017

Adam Cunico

May 13, 2017

Jim Dasse

Mar 24, 2017

d. brown

beautifyl day. cholla beginning to bloom.

Mar 19, 2017

sam schwann

Mar 8, 2017

Jack Oneil

Jan 13, 2017

John Tyler

Trails in great shape today. 6.2mi

Jan 2, 2017

Jason Latting

Fun slower ride with dad through the loop. His first time on a trail in year. Bit it once. 6.4mi

Dec 28, 2016

Jason Neeley

Nov 25, 2016

d. brown

Nov 23, 2016

Misty McGillem

Nov 5, 2016

John Ritter

Oct 9, 2016

Sven Margt

Aug 12, 2016

Ryan Buckley

6.4mi — 2h 00m

Jul 6, 2016

Chris Kaplan

Sunset ride. Mosquitos were out but temp was down. Nice ride. 6.4mi — 0h 50m

Jul 1, 2016

Mickey Taylor

added all the loops here. 39km. — 7h 00m

Jun 12, 2016

Chris Kaplan

Great ride again. Topped out my travel on the half pipe. 6.4mi — 1h 45m

Jun 11, 2016

Chris Kaplan

EPIC! A true must-ride! Fun climbs, fast descents, The Shaft, a halfpipe! 7.8mi — 2h 45m

Apr 14, 2016

Stephen Maakestad

REALLY have to work on my breathing. Had to stop too many times during my first time on this route. — 1h 18m

Jan 1, 2016

Nate Danforth

Dec 30, 2015

Sig Winstryg

Nov 22, 2015

Matt Hage

1h 00m

Aug 23, 2015

d. brown

Jun 30, 2015

d. brown

legstretcher

Jun 28, 2015

d. brown

leg stretcher

May 23, 2015

David Erskine

May 16, 2015

Tammi Miller

First time on this trail. Loved it, very fast with lots of fun little hills. Somewhat technical but not difficult 6.7mi

Mar 8, 2015

Cameron Bond

great wife trail nothing too difficult but enough tech. to her improve skills. No real hills. Just a lot off loose down and ups through washes.

Mar 7, 2015

Dmitry Knyazev

Feb 8, 2015

B. Miner

Feb 4, 2015

Jeff Smith

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