Top Tank Trail #5

This is a 3-mile-long ATV trail through the Gila National Forest. The west entrance is marked as Trail #5, but does not specify the width designation, so it looks like this trail gets inadvertently used by wider vehicles. The beginning is wide and graded, smooth and maintained. It narrows up from the graded road as you go east, but is still wide like a Jeep trail. You go past a cattle gate and a water tank, meandering through the dry pine forest, on a smooth trail with only a bit of embedded rock. The trail is easy to follow, and is often covered in pine needles and pine cones, and stays relatively rock-free. It gains about 800 feet of elevation from west to east, ending at a flat spot that could be used as a campsite on the east end, with a scenic view.