Tonto National Forest

A coconut!?

Hawes Trail System

2024-12-11 Hiking 0

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 […]

7:00 a.m.: Bush Highway at AZ-87 (aka Beeline Highway). Mazatzal Mountains ahead.

General Crook Trail Bail

2024-10-02 Hiking 0

I planned to hike the 12th segment of the General Crook Trail. I knew AZ-87 had landslide clearance going on north of Sunflower from 8:00 p.m. […]

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 […]

Red Mountain is visible from most of the Hawes Trail System.

Hawes Trail System

2024-02-27 Hiking 0

I’ve never been to the Hawes Trail System before. You just don’t hear aboout people hiking it much. It’s popular with mountain bikers. Maybe they […]

Looking down Bulldog Canyon, while Dome Mountain looks down on me. It was a bit chilly when I started hiking from Wolverine Gate at 8:20 a.m.

Bulldog Canyon

2022-01-27 Hiking 0

There’s so many diverse places to hike in Arizona that — other than the Mogollon Rim — I figure I am doing well if I […]

A brass plaque announced the concrete Tonto Creek crossing was built by "Project Beaver" in 1972.

Bear Flat Trail #178

2021-09-17 Hiking 0

Originally, I scheduled another Mogollon Rim hike for this week. But I hiked Middle Leonard Canyon last week, and I prefer to avoid hitting the […]