Agua Caliente Road

While camping at the Painted Rock Petroglyph Campground, we explored a few trails in the area, making a loop back to the campground, Saddle Rd, Woosley Peak and Signal Mountain Cutoff, Woosley Peak and Signal Mountain Wilderness Trail, Agua Caliente Road, Saddle Potholes, and Fourth of July Wash. We only ran this trail from Waypoint 4 to 16, and the road was nicely graded and smoother than I-10 on the way here. It was a nice road that got me to the next trail on my loop, Saddle Mountain Potholes.

This is a wide road and any 2WD drive vehicle can do this trail. Sundad is a must to go and see, the history is sad, but pretty cool spot.

I have been on this road now several times over the last two months while creating new trail guides for the area. Nothing has really changed in terms of the technical or rough scale. As always, the eastern end is a bit more crowded. If you start just at sunrise, you are sure to have the road to yourself.

Ran this trail as part of a group run from Woopsie trail then over Arva Caliente trail to this road then ultimately to Sundad. This trail is wide open and dusty which makes it hard to see some of the turns that can sneak up on you. We turned off at Sundad and spent some time there. I would recommend 4x4 with some clearance on this part. The remains of the town are interesting to say the least. Be sure to wander around and check out the "rock art" all over the place, it is pretty cool stuff. We left and went back north to WP 1 to get out. A word of caution here, there were groups side by sides out here when we were there. This trail is very dusty and with no wind/breeze visibility was limited at times. I came across a group of SxS's stopped 4 wide across the road and I almost hit them. I am sure our Jeeps could be hard to see too so caution by everyone is probably best on a dusty day. Overall not an exciting road(not really a trail in my opinion) alone but good when using it to get to other trails and areas to explore. Would recommend at for that.

The trail was pretty nice with good views of the desert. It was definitely remote and hot as it was A last minute decision to go for a trail ride in July! The family enjoyed Sundad and it’s history as that was the main choice to head that way. Agua Caliente Rd was an easy ride no major obstacles at all. If you want to get off the main path and see Sundad a 4x4 vehicle I will definitely recommend. As getting through the wash and up the hill you will need it.

This trail should be open year round from what I gathered. This is a dirt road that goes on for miles and ends in, what appears to be, an old farm town. The trail is extremely easy, and I was able to keep a steady speed most of the way. I was able to air down about 10 lbs on my tires (for ride comfort) but this trail had no challenges. As a stand alone, this trail isn't worth the travel for me, as it's a 75 minute drive one way to the trail head start, however this trail leads to some cool branch of trails and to Sundad, which is insanely mysterious. Little is known about Sundad, but if you like eerie places, that's a good place to be! This trail can be done by nearly any FWD vehicle with normal clearance but if you enjoy the vast desert with nothing in sight for miles, this is a good trail. Personally, if you have out of state family in town, and they are amazed by the desert landscape, this is a good "Arizona Tour" style trail to take them on.

This trail could almost be a 5 rating when including it with other trails in the area. As a stand-alone, it's not the most exciting, but it does bring you deep into the desert where you can really get a great remote feeling. This road also offers plenty of boondocking opportunities and some good side roads for camping. Sundad is the destination on this trip - be sure to check it out!