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Flume Connector-Hohokam Acequia, AZ
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| Hiking | 5.09 Miles |
275 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.09 Miles | 2 Hrs 4 Mns | | 2.46 mph |
| 275 ft AEG | | 4 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | We've been meaning to do this little hike for for over 6 months but have put it off for an assortment of reasons. The purpose was twofold...the first being to check out a new trail we had read about in our local paper. The new addition becomes a connector trail which links the Flume Trail in the Cave Creek Regional Park to the Esplanade and Cliff Walk Trail in the City of Phoenix Sonoran Preserve North trail system.
The southern terminus is directly under the Cave Creek bridge on the Carefree Highway. The northern terminus is at the intersection of the Flume Trail and Old New River Road. We started our hike west of this at the CCRP boundary gate. One could also enter from the east at the Desert Enclave parking area just east of the creek.
For long distance trail runners or bikers you can now travel unimpeded all the way from Spur Cross south through the CCRP and then on to the Apache Wash Trailhead on Sonoran Desert Drive. That would make for a great shuttle hike or ride!
The second objective on this hike was to find the remnants of a Hohokam irrigation ditch we were told about by the Desert Foothills chapter of the Az. Archaeological Society. While at one of their talks on crop production in the 12th-14th centuries the speaker talked about the irrigation system branching off of lower Cave Creek to grow crops. We found it even though it was very faint and filled up in many areas. Straight as an arrow though...those guys were good!  |
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