Windmill Trail

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Status:	Open
Typically Open:	Year Round
Permit Information:	Permit Required - Click Here
Length:	1.65 miles
Highest Elevation:	2100 feet
Duration:	About 20 minutes
Shape of Trail:	Straight Through
Best Direction to Travel:	N/A
Nearest Town:	New River
Nearest Town w/ Services:	Black Canyon City
Official Road Name:
Management Agency:	State Trust Land
District:

Highlights

Windmill Road is a great place to see an iconic, old school, windmill powered water well. It takes you through an area most often enjoyed by hikers, but can also serve as a great way to get into the southern portion of the BLM's Table Mesa Recreation Area.

Route Information

Technical Rating

( EASY )

Waypoints

1. Powerline Trail & Windmill Trail Intersection (0 mi)

Turn east off Old Mine Road onto Windmill Trail. Officially call Old Mine Road, this intersection takes you from BLM land onto State Trust land as you exit the Table Mesa Recreation Area.

Directions to Trailhead

Starting Point: Table Mesa Recreation Area

This trail can be reached via Old Mine Road within the Table Mesa Recreation Area; which is more commonly referred to as Powerline Trail. It can also be reached via a southern spur of the western side of Table Mesa Road where it also meets up with Pipeline Trail. The easiest way to reach this is via I-17 exit 236. Head to the frontage road, but don't take the frontage road. Just to the west, you'll see a dirt hill you can drive up to a gate. Go through the gate and follow Rock Springs Road to the first right (Table Mesa Road). continue straight as you go through the intersection with Pipeline Trail.

Camping

Not allowed

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Writer Information

S.J. Hollist

Mapping Crew - Arizona and Florida

I've been writing for TrailsOffroad since August 2015. Before that, I had been off-road in places like central and northern Utah, east and west Texas, and central and northern Arizona. I've even driven off-road on an island in the Caribbean (the one time I've driven a Jeep off-road). I joined TrailsOffroad because it combines my three favorite hobbies: Off-roading obviously; I've also been blogging for most of my life - even before it was done on the internet (ever heard of a dial-up BBS?) - and even wrote a political column for a now-extinct website for a few years; I also have experience with building websites and promoting on social media. These experiences made writing for Trails Offroad a good fit for me, and I've been enjoying it very much. When I'm not working at my IT job, or playing with my kids, I go on runs with a group of people who like to collaborate. I also run my own online marketing and web content company The Rotisory Foundation (named after a BBS I used to run back in High School and College before the Internet became overwhelmingly popular). I'm a big Toyota fan. I've owned two 4x4 Tacomas, an older 4x4 Toyota pickup, and I'm now on my second FJ Cruiser (the first was a TRD SE 6 speed, that I got rid of after my twins were born). You can learn more about my adventures at For individual use only, not to be shared.

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