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Twilight Spring, AZ

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Difficulty 1 of 5
Distance Round Trip 2 miles
Trailhead Elevation 7,590 feet
Elevation Gain 100 feet
Accumulated Gain 170 feet
Kokopelli Seeds 2.85
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Overview
More of an off-trail adventure, the route to Twilight Spring follows an old pipeline trail that leaves the Swift Trail just beyond the turnoff to Twilight Campground. The trail is almost gone, so the easier return option upon reaching Twilight Spring is to just drop down upper Twilight Canyon for a few hundred feet, and to hike back on the Twilight Campground road.


2021 Warning
This is the pipeline bringing water from Twilight Canyon to cabins in Turkey Flat. After the 2017 Frye Fire, ash filtered down into the water table. The cabin owners had to abandon the spring. In 2020, they put in a well to supply water. This trail is reported impassable now due to deadfalls and trail finding.


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    To hike
    From Safford, head south on U.S. highway 191. Turn west onto state highway 366 (Swift Trail). Follow highway 366 approximately 14.2 miles to the turnoff for Twilight Campground. Park at the turnoff. Maybe a hundred feet or so farther up the Swift Trail from the turnoff is a metal gate on the right (uphill) side of the road, that blocks a little side road going up to a water tank. This is the beginning of the trail to Twilight Spring.
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