Red Tanks Tinaja Trail

The Red Tanks Tinaja Trailhead provides the least gravel road driving distance to access this trail. The trailhead offers information signs with the mileage between trail junctions and other typical NPS trailhead information. As you leave the trailhead, you'll notice to your left a dark color flag waiving on an extended flexible tall pole waving among the Saguaro cacti. This flag identifies one of the two humanitarian aid water stations you'll can find along the trail. The trail is gradual and fairly flat as it heads southwest from the trailhead. After 0.8 miles, you'll arrive at Red Tanks Tinaja, a natural water collecting basin--there might still be water in the tank, but do not drink it! Check out the area for signs of critters digging in the gravel to access water trapped in the tank. If there is visible water, watch out for bees. After checking out the tank, you can either continue on to the Baker Mine Trail or the Senita Basin Trail, or simply retrace your steps back to the trailhead.