El Tour de Tucson · Segment 2 of 3

The Second Third of Tucson

(62 mile / Metric Century Route)

A 28-mile ride out through Vail and Civano — the middle leg of the classic 62-mile El Tour de Tucson route, mapped, measured, and ready to load onto your head unit.

Tucson, Arizona · paved roads · rolling desert

28.3mi Distance 45.5 km
+1,046ft Total ascent 319 m climbed
−1,063ft Total descent 324 m dropped
4.4% Max grade −6.8% steepest down

The course

Out past Pistol Hill, back through Civano

The segment starts near the Poorman Range on the east side and rolls southeast through open Sonoran desert toward Vail, climbing gently toward Pistol Hill before turning back in through the Civano neighborhood. Paved the whole way, low traffic, big sky.

The shape here is the real GPS track, drawn straight from the route file — the full interactive map is just below.

  • Start 32.162°, −110.773°
  • Finish 32.140°, −110.841°
  • Surface 100% paved
The Second Third — actual recorded track

The map

Ride the whole thing, live

Pan, zoom, and scrub the elevation on the interactive RideWithGPS map — or grab a file below and take the turn-by-turn with you.

Live map & elevation via RideWithGPS · open the full route ↗

Elevation

Rolling, with one real climb

From a low of 2,786 ft to a high of 3,562 ft — about 776 feet between the floor and the top of the day, spread over gentle rollers with a single sustained pull.

Start · 2,805 ft High · 3,562 ft Finish · 28.3 mi

Take it with you

Download the route

Three formats for every device. Tap one, drop it on your head unit or app, and go ride.

GPX66 KB

The universal format — works with Garmin, Wahoo, Komoot, Strava, and nearly any app or head unit made in the last decade.

Download GPX
TCX271 KB

Training Center XML — carries course points and turn cues. The safe pick for older Garmin Edge devices.

Download TCX
FIT18 KB

Garmin’s native binary — the smallest file and the fastest to load on modern Edge and Wahoo computers.

Download FIT

Ride with us

Everything happens in the group

No email list, no sign-up. Route changes, ride days, weather calls, and where we’re getting tacos afterward — it’s all on Facebook.

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