Loop – Patagonia – Amado

Experience some great backcountry riding on this route through the mountains of Southern Arizona. The route gets more challenging on the mountain roads to Amado.

Details

  • Location: Starts and ends at The Jonquil Motel in Bisbee, Arizona
  • Distance: 209 mile loop
  • Gas: Bisbee, Palominas, Amado, Green Valley, Whetstone, Tombstone
  • Difficulty: Easy/Intermediate/Difficult
  • Road Surface: paved, gravel, dirt, rocky, steep, loose, water crossing
  • Time: full-day
  • Google Map: View Here
  • Connects to: XC Border Coaster, XC Grasslands, XC Red Hill

Highlights

  • Coronado National Memorial
  • Montezuma Canyon Road
  • US/Mexico border wall
  • Lochiel, AZ
  • Patagonia, AZ
  • Salero Canyon
  • Box Canyon Road
  • Sonoita, AZ
  • Tombstone, AZ

Waypoints

  • Start – Circle K Bisbee – 0 miles
  • Gas – Speedway Bisbee – 5 miles
  • Gas – Chevron-Bisbee – 5 miles
  • Gas – Palominas – 19 miles
  • POI – Coronado Visitor Center – 28 miles
  • Note – start dirt – 29 miles
  • POI – Montezuma Pass – 31 miles
  • Start – XC Border Coaster – 32 miles
  • Start – XC Grasslands – 49 miles
  • End – XC Border Coaster – 50 miles
  • POI – Lochiel – 57 miles
  • End – XC Grasslands – 66 miles
  • Start – XC Red Hill – 68 miles
  • FB – Gathering Grounds Cafe – 78 miles
  • Note – Start Salero Road (dirt) – 79 miles
  • FB – Longhorn Grill – 108 miles
  • Gas – Green Valley – 116 miles
  • POI – Box Canyon – 129 miles
  • Start/End – XC Fish Canyon – 140 miles
  • Start/End – XC Santa Rita OHV – 140 miles
  • Gas – Whetstone – 166 miles
  • Gas – Tombstone – 185 miles
  • POI – Mule Pass – 207 miles
  • Start/End – XCJuniper Flats – 207 miles
  • End – Circle K Bisbee – 209 miles

Patagonia – Amado Loop | Arizona