Maricopa Trail – Kingsnake's Home Den

I checked weather before I left home: The expected high in Seven Springs was low 50s, with a 30% chance of rain, starting at 1 p.m. (When this photo was later taken at Bronco Trailhead.)

FR 1058 to Bronco Trailhead

2025-04-02 Hiking 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 26th segment of the Maricopa Trail. My goal the past five years has been to hike or bike […]

Maricopa Trail Index

2025-04-01 Bike Riding, Hiking 0

Maricopa Trail is a 315 mile trail system in Maricopa County. The 315 miles is the total, including access routes. The actual loop itself, around […]

generic white hiker on brown background sign

Index of Trail Indices

2025-03-31 Bike Riding, Hiking 0

A list of all the trails & trail systems that I am day / segment hiking, or have hiked / biked.

I believe these are cutleaf nightshade (Solanum xanti), not silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium), as the latter bloom later, at lower elevation. This is about 3,250 el., near Sears Kay Ruins.

Bartlett Dam Rd. to FR 1058

2024-04-08 Hiking 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 25th segment of the Maricopa Trail. In the intro for the previous Maricopa Trail video, I said Granite […]

Clouds only came in at the end of my hike.

Granite Mountain TH to Bartlett Dam Rd

2024-03-20 Hiking 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 24th segment of the Maricopa Trail. The Maricopa Trail is a 315-mile trail system around the Phoenix metro […]

I've seen pictures of these types of old-style asbestos ceiling tile clouds before. Any idea what they are called?

Tom’s Thumb TH to Granite Mountain TH

2024-01-31 Bike Riding 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 23rd segment of the Maricopa Trail. Not doing my planned South Mountain hike last week gave me time […]

Gateway Trailhead to Tom’s Thumb TH

2024-01-17 Hiking 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 22nd segment of the Maricopa Trail. The Maricopa Trail is a 315-mile trail system in & around the […]

Sculpture marking entrance to Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West and the start of this Maricopa Trail segment.

Taliesin West to Gateway Trailhead

2024-01-03 Hiking 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 21st segment of the Maricopa Trail. My goal is to hike or bike all 245 miles of the […]

By the time I reached Taliesin West, on Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd., the clouds had cleared and it was a glorious day!

Detroit Coney Grill to Taliesin West

2023-12-20 Bike Riding 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 20th segment of the Maricopa Trail. As I work my way counter-clockwise around the Maricopa Trail’s 245 mile […]

Granite Reef Dam to Detroit Coney Grill

2023-11-20 Bike Riding 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 19th segment of the Maricopa Trail. After recently completing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and Black Canyon Trail, this week […]