Elephant Rock – White Tank Mountains
If you drive to the Elephant Rock “trailhead” via Sun Valley Parkway, as you pass through the retirement community, look south. Through a gap in […]
Arizona
Shaw Butte Trail #306
It was a wintry — by Phoenix standards — 51° when I started my traditional Christmas Eve day hike up Shaw Butte. The Christmas Palo Verde […]
Papago Park
Wife flying in at 8:15 p.m. Left home at 4:45. Hit West Buttes Parking Lot at 5:30. Had to pee: Still no toilet, or even outhouse. […]
Phoenix Sonoran Preserve
The Phoenix Sonoran Preserve is in far north Phoenix. There’s two units, South and North, separated by Sonoran Desert Drive and Cave Buttes Recreation Area. […]
Hawes Trail System
I hadn’t put my shoes on dirt in three weeks, and hadn’t done a decent hike since Coachwhip Trail and Arrowhead Point Trail in Thunderbird […]
Thunderbird Conservation Park
After my annual Halloween hike in Maryland, I start my winter hiking program back home in Phoenix. I actually have the next six months of […]
General Crook Trail: V99-V107
Heading east from Dewey, this is the 13th segment of General Crook Trail. I believe the original General Crook Trail continues along Rim Road to Show […]
General Crook Trail Index
In 1871, General George Crook surveyed a supply road west from Fort Apache, Arizona, across the Mogollon Rim to Camp Verde, then on to Fort […]
PCT: Goldwater Lake to White Spar
The Prescott Circle Trail is a 54-mile mostly dirt loop around the city of Prescott. The “Other” PCT is a multiuse trail, which means hikers, […]