Old Markup of Cave Creek Area

DarthStiller · Post by **DarthStiller** » Aug 16 2010 10:21 pm

a former co-worker sent me an old markup of a topo map he says was done by an old cowboy of the Cave Creek area. It has the trails mapped and shows quite a few that I haven't seen mapped anywhere else. It does show the Trail 247A that GPSJoe did a description on. It also points out where the gates and the crested saguaros are. I don't know if anyone has seen this before, but I thought I'd share it with everyone.

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tibber · Post by **tibber** » Aug 17 2010 7:46 am

Thanks, that is pretty slick.

The_Eagle · Post by **The_Eagle** » Aug 17 2010 9:39 am

It looks like it's available for sale based on the $7.45 price tag on the bottom.

Stiller, the new trails you are talking about, are they on the North side of #4, on the other side of the creek?
Also, I didn't know there was an airplane crash up there.

Has anyone ever seen the Rock House - Freight & Stage stop on their travels down #4?

Thanks for sharing....

tibber · Post by **tibber** » Aug 17 2010 9:50 am

I read somewhere that the owner of the ranch crashed his airplane and had to walk back to town to get help. If I recollect, he died. The rest of the story goes that the ranch was sold after that. I don't know if that's the same crash though or which crash site. Anyway, I can go back to the book I was reading to see if I can re-visit that. (Of course, I have to see if I can figure out where I stashed the book).

Oh and I just noticed there are two crash sites (one to the west of the Spur Cross TH and the one to the north of the TH)

The_Eagle · Post by **The_Eagle** » Aug 17 2010 10:15 am

Angela thanks...
I had only noticed the one crash just west of the Fortress on Skull Mesa and west of #4.
There is also the one just north of Sugarloaf mountiain!

DarthStiller · Post by **DarthStiller** » Aug 17 2010 10:19 am

the new trails I saw looked like they were to the south, SE of 247A. I know I saw a junction going in that direction when I hiked it 2 weeks ago.

I saw the price tag, not sure where you could buy this. The guy who gave it to me said he got it from a client. I only gave it a cursory glance last night, but intend to spend more time poring over it and comparing it to other maps. I figured it would be nice to post it right away for everyone to see for whoever is interested.

The_Eagle · Post by **The_Eagle** » Aug 17 2010 10:34 am

This is the best collection of the current trails in that area that I've seen.
I believe this is a GPSJoe creation.

http://hikearizona.com/t2010/01/17/1066 ... 502-14.jpg

Sun_Ray · Post by **Sun_Ray** » Aug 17 2010 11:30 am

Thanks much for sharing as I live about 10 minutes South of Spur Cross and spend a lot of time in that area.

Coanbru... I've bushwhacked down the north side of Skull Mesa and been on the trail that goes by the marked Rock House-Fright Station, but did not see it. Maybe it's a ways off the trail, or one of those times I had my head down trying to make time.

Alston_Neal · Post by **Alston_Neal** » Aug 19 2010 1:08 pm

Thanks so much for the link.
My wife and I love the area and this is so useful.

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