Name: Double Butte Loop
Rating: 3.5

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This loop includes the way-fun whoop-de-doos on the Southeast side of Big Butte and cuts through the amphitheater on the North side. Either direction is fun; it's short, so you might as well do it both ways!

On the Southern portion of the loop, North to South along the gentle sloping downhill by the fenceline is the preferred direction as it tends to be a little less traveled by hikers.

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Land Manager: City of Phoenix - Trails and Desert Preserves

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Trail Ratings

3.5 from 24 votes

#1

in Papago Park

#8960

Overall

3.5 from 24 votes

5 Star		17%
4 Star		29%
3 Star		42%
2 Star		8%
1 Star		4%

Trail Rankings

#1

in Papago Park

#226

in Arizona

#8,960

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Oct 20, 2015 near Tempe J…, AZ

Jul 23, 2013 near Tempe J…, AZ

On the Double Butte Loop/Oh So Nice Loop looking east from near the ramada area.

Jan 5, 2017 near Tempe J…, AZ

Looking West where the Oh So Nice Trail meets up with the Double Butte Loop.

Jan 5, 2017 near Tempe J…, AZ

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Jan 12, 2023

Lou Hibbard

tc 2.3mi

Jul 8, 2021

Walter Gay

Jan 3, 2021

Patrick Villella

Mar 21, 2020

Brian Wiggs

Nov 23, 2019

Jack Brittain

Aug 31, 2019

Mark Hatfield

Testing new tires and tube. This trail could use a community clean up day, a lot trash in some parts. 7.5mi — 1h 00m

Aug 10, 2019

Steph Lucero

May 25, 2019

falke pollack

Apr 19, 2019

William Chun

Feb 18, 2019

Perin Levine

Oct 20, 2018

Alyssa Griffin

Oct 14, 2018

Alyssa Griffin

Oct 5, 2018

Jeffrey Zeldin

Sep 8, 2018

Paul Chavez

Jul 27, 2018

Vincent May

Jul 21, 2018

Sergio Cobian

8mi

Apr 13, 2018

Adam Balch

Papago Park Loop 2.5mi

Feb 22, 2018

Seff Boon

alot of flat easy stuff but also some technical climbs and decents if you seek the out near the buttes. 6.1mi

Nov 21, 2017

Porfirio Hernandez

went clockwise from the parking lot, kind of boring and flat until around the hill next to McDowell. the back side back to the parking lot was fun… 2.3mi

Nov 17, 2017

Shawn Chen

Nov 12, 2017

Holly.T

5mi

Nov 8, 2017

Rod Moffett

Sep 23, 2017

Katherine Morrett

May 11, 2017

Kelvin Hodson

Apr 30, 2017

Brandon Sisco

Apr 30, 2017

Derek Newman

Apr 1, 2017

Juan Reyes

Mar 16, 2017

Ivan Ankrom

I believe the double butte loop west of the amphitheater has been lost. It's almost non existent. Think people mistake the big butte loop as double 2.5mi — 0h 25m

Nov 29, 2016

Ivan Ankrom

First time riding this trail. Not to technical yet still very fun. 2.5mi

Nov 27, 2016

James Eby

Oct 19, 2016

Ira Tane

Sep 16, 2016

Mira Word

0h 30m

Aug 27, 2016

Christopher Kenney

Easy — 7h 30m

Aug 17, 2016

Cameron Jon

Apr 29, 2016

Richard Chall

Apr 14, 2016

Daniel Grillo

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Double Butte Loop

“Another option for looping around the northern Papago buttes. ”

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