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1.5 of 5 |
| Route Finding |
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2 of 5 |
| Distance Loop |
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9 miles |
| Trailhead Elevation |
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2 feet |
| Elevation Gain |
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1,141 feet |
| Accumulated Gain |
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1,750 feet |
| Avg Time Round Trip |
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4-5 hours |
| Kokopelli Seeds |
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17.75 |
| Interest Seasonal Creek | | varies or not certain dogs are allowed
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Seasons Late Autumn to Late Spring |
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Official Route
3 Alternative
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| Miners Needle Loop
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Grasshopper |
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8.96 mi
1,657 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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15.33 mi
2,965 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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10.41 mi
2,459 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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8.9 mi
1,455 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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9.62 mi
1,734 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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9.32 mi
1,801 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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9.14 mi
1,586 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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9.76 mi
1,947 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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10.22 mi
1,985 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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10.93 mi
1,715 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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10.51 mi
1,837 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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9.25 mi
1,535 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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9.19 mi
1,796 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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9.51 mi
1,531 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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9.7 mi
1,897 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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8.66 mi
1,283 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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10 mi
1,884 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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9.75 mi
1,585 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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9 mi
1,692 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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9.27 mi
1,386 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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4.5 mi
1,476 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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9.29 mi
1,707 ft |
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| Miners Needle Loop
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9.38 mi
1,508 ft |
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| 22 unofficial routes |
| Miners Whiskey
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12.17 mi
2,116 ft |
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| Whiskey West-Red Tanks Loop
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14.36 mi
2,140 ft |
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| Bluff Spring Loop & Weaver's View
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7.45 mi
1,010 ft |
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 | | Barks Canyon - Complete Route
same trailhead
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 | | Barks Lower Canyon Loop
same trailhead
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 | | Barks Upper Canyon Loop
same trailhead
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 | | Bluff Spring Loop & Weaver's View
same trailhead
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 | | Bluff Spring Mountain Loop
same trailhead
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 | | Bluff Spring Mountain Summit
same trailhead
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| | Bluff Spring Mtn Loop via Dutchman
same trailhead
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 | | Bluff Springs Trail #235
same trailhead
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 | | Charlebois from Peralta TH
same trailhead
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 | | Charlebois Loop II
same trailhead
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| Fauna |
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Arizona Blister Beetle |
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Black-Throated Sparrow |
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Cactus Wren |
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Cardinal |
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Curve-billed Thrasher |
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Desert Tortoise |
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Gambel's Quail |
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Giant Centipede |
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Gila Monster |
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Greater earless lizard |
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Ornate Tree Lizard |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
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Sara Orangetip Butterfly |
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Tarantula |
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Tiger Whiptail |
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Turkey Vulture |
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Western Diamondback Rattlesnake |
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Western Scrub Jay |
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White-winged Dove |
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| Flora |
Nearby |
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Amsonia |
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Arizona Lupine |
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Baby's breath |
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Beaded Lip Fern |
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Blackfoot Daisy |
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Blue Dicks |
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Brittlebush |
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Chia |
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Coulter's Lupine |
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Coursetia |
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Desert Globemallow |
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Desert Mariposa |
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Desert Mistletoe |
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Desert Rosemallow |
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Desert/Mojave ceanothus |
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Fairy Duster |
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Fremont Barberry |
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Hedgehog Cactus |
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Mexican Gold Poppy |
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Microseris |
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Ocotillo |
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Paleface Delphinium |
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Saguaro |
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Spreading Fleabane |
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Strawberry Hedgehog |
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| Meteorology |
Nearby |
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Flash Flood |
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Milky Way |
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Moon |
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Sunburst |
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| Named place |
Nearby |
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Barkley Basin |
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Barks Canyon |
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Bluff Saddle |
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Bluff Spring |
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Bluff Spring Mountain |
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Buzzards Roost |
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Cathedral Rock - Superstitions |
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Coffee Flat Mountain |
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Crystal Spring |
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Dacite Cliffs |
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Herman Mountain |
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Miners Canyon |
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Miners Needle |
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Miners Summit |
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Peak 3826 - Superstition Wild |
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Quarter Circle U Ranch |
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Superstition Mountain 5057 |
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Three Sisters - Superstition Wilderness |
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Trap Canyon |
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Turks Head - Superstition Boundary |
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Weavers Needle |
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| Culture |
Nearby |
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Aircraft |
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Azimuth Mark |
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Benchmark |
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Cadastral Survey Marker |
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Cairn |
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HAZ PicMimic |
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Informational/Interpretive Trail Sign |
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Inscriptions |
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johnr1 |
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Reference Mark |
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Trail Signs and Markings |
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 Overview
Starting at the Peralta TH, this is a popular loop first in on the Dutchman Trail 104 through Barkley Basin, rounding Miner's Needle on the east side, continuing on TR#104 and back through Barks Canyon on the Bluff Spring Trail 235. Hike
From the Peralta TH head out east following the Dutchman Trail#104. After passing the beginning hills the trail drops down into Barkley Basin. It's a scenic hike across. Passing the junction with Coffee Flat Trail#108, Dutchman Trail#104 starts to switchback. Once you make it through the five or six switchbacks you start heading northwest. Soon you will pass the right(east) side of Miners Needle. Passing the north end (keep looking up) you have a great view through the "eye of the needle". The eye is small so don't get too excited. Trail#104 makes a quarter circle around Miners Needle then heads north again. Shortly you come to the junction with Whiskey Spring Trail at about four and a quarter miles. Continue on the Dutchman #104 down to its intersection with Bluff Springs Trail#235 at seasonal Crystal Spring. Take Bluff Springs #235 west to the junction with Terrapin Trail#234. To complete this hike description loop, head back by continuing on the Bluff Spring Trail#235 to your TH Start and parking lot, which is 2.3 miles away from this trail intersection.
Some hikers can't imagine heading home at this point. A nice 1.5 mile total hike addition to this loop would be a hike further up the Terrapin Trail#234 to an "off trail" section for some awesome views of Weavers Needle which is fairly close (see HAZ hike description " Bluff Spring Loop & Weaver's View" for additional details) .. plus there is an option to make this an even bigger loop over to the Peralta Trail#102 or to the unofficial Cave Trail.
Water Sources
Seasonal creeks and drainage's along this loop hike.
Camping
A few open area backpack camps with little privacy, mostly along the back trail section of this loop just off the Dutchman Trail 104 at seasonal Crystal Spring (just ~75 yards up #104 from the intersection of Dutchman Trail 104 / Bluff Spring Trail 235).
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