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| | Hiking | 4.30 Miles | 3 Hrs 54 Mns | | 1.46 mph |
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| no partners | | We had some friends coming up from Tucson who wanted to go hiking, so I figured this would be a cool place to check out. We met up at Houser Rd and the 87 at 8 A.M. and followed the directions in from there. The roads are maintained and we had no issues getting to the parking area. The gate at the State Trust Land border is destroyed and the fence next to it is down too. This was the first sign that the area gets a lot of traffic. The parking area has some fire pits in the middle of it and there is a bunch of trash scattered around ](https://hikearizona.com/dex2/images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall") . The State Land Permits are available online now, so all you have to do is pay and print out your own permit (land.az.gov/recreat ... rtal). I wonder if the feasibility of getting the permit has to do with the amount of traffic and abuse this site gets, or if most people even bother to get the permit in the first place.
We put our parking passes up and got ready to head out. The sun wasn't over the first hill yet so we didn't stick around the 1st site at all. We took our time and walked around the inside of the larger ridge line (sideways V shape) but didn't really see much until we got around on the southern tip. We found a few glyphs at this site and spent some time looking around. Once we were done there we started back towards the 2nd and 3rd site. We spent a lot of time at the 3rd site boulder hoping and checking out all of the glyphs we could find. After that we stopped off at the 2nd site then headed back towards the parking area. On our way back to the trucks multiple vehicles passed us on N Start Rd. As we got closer to the trucks we saw a few other vehicles in the parking area as well as another group of people setting up camp just South of there. We enjoyed our lunch at the trucks then headed out. I would definitely like to come back to this area to explore some more but I think I will look for an area that is a little more off the beaten path. |
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