Corral Loop
CORRAL LOOP McDowell Sonoran Preserve Brown's Mountain seen from Brown's Ranch Road A mile and a half north of the busy Brown’s Ranch trailhead, a gnarled mesquite tree grows through and around the crumbling walls of concrete feed trough. Nearby, tangled barbed wire, weather-worn and clinging tenuously to wood posts, surrounds a conglomerate of disintegrating foundations and rusty metal scraps. Saguaros tower over the Corral Trail The relics are what remains of Brown’s Ranch. Established in 1916, the 44,000 acre operation ran cattle in the mountainous desert space before being abandoned in mid-century. The historic site, which is now part of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, is the key attraction on the Corral Trail in the popular Scottsdale recreation hub. Yuccas sway above Brown's Ranch Road Desert plants grow among the ruins of Brown's Ranch The ranch site can be reached by following Brown’s Ranch Road north to the Corral Trail. The 2.3-mile path swings thro