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| Seven Springs Rd Side Track, AZ | |
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Seven Springs Rd Side Track, AZ
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| Hiking | 5.35 Miles |
1,201 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.35 Miles | 3 Hrs 46 Mns | | 1.57 mph |
| 1,201 ft AEG | 21 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | | Another hike with my Grandson, Michael. This one followed a 2 mile section of the linked Maricopa Trail starting with a short bushwhack from the Seven Springs Rd across Camp Creek and up the slope to connect with the M. Trail about 3.5 hiking miles south of the Bronco TH. The Camp Creek Crossing was near one of the summer homes near the creek. In this case we discovered that the home was too close to the creek. One corner of the first floor had been ripped open by a flood possibly making the house unsafe for habitation. Debris from the flood was about 8-10 ft high in the trees along the creek. The trail is in good shape and makes for an easy climb up the east side of the canyon. We followed the trail to its highpoint where it crosses the ridge and starts to drop back down to Camp Creek. From there we continued 0.3 miles off-trail to a small ruin (rock pile) before turning around to head back. This route can also be used to reach the top of Kentuck Mountain but we didn't have the time and I didn't have the energy to go any further. Patches of wild flowers in a small variety of colors were only scattered along the trail but we encountered a bonanza of gold in a meadow on a south facing slope at our hike turn-around point. |
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
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