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| Difficulty |
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3 of 5 |
| Distance One Way |
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7.49 miles |
| Trailhead Elevation |
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6,989 feet |
| Elevation Gain |
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816 feet |
| Accumulated Gain |
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2,029 feet |
| Kokopelli Seeds |
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14.25 |
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2018-08-31 |
East Cabin Loop |
OdinWiski |
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2018-07-24 |
Fred Haught Houston Brothers Loop |
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2018-07-14 |
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2018-02-10 |
Cabin Loop - Mogollon Rim |
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2017-09-03 |
Cabin Loop - Mogollon Rim |
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2017-09-01 |
Cabin Loop - Mogollon Rim |
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2017-07-20 |
East Cabin Loop via Pinchot Cabin |
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2017-06-03 |
Cabin Loop - Mogollon Rim |
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Official Route
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| Houston Brothers Trail #171
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7.49 mi
1,619 ft |
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| Houston Brothers Trail #171
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16.01 mi
1,317 ft |
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| Houston Brothers Trail #171
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10.42 mi
1,703 ft |
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| Houston Brothers Trail #171
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10.65 mi
1,645 ft |
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| 2 unofficial routes |
| Fred Haught Houston Brothers Loop
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19.36 mi
2,222 ft |
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| East Cabin Loop
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17.8 mi
2,615 ft |
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| Cabin Loop - Mogollon Rim
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20.14 mi
3,155 ft |
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| East Cabin Loop from Pinchot Cabin
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16.67 mi
2,641 ft |
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| Cabin Loop - Mogollon Rim
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18.01 mi
2,090 ft |
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| Fred Haught Trail #141
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19.2 mi
2,202 ft |
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| Bear Canyon (Middle) - Mogollon Rim
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10.66 mi
1,453 ft |
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| Bear Canyon Loop
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13.65 mi
1,969 ft |
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| Bear Canyon - Houston Draw Loop
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13.88 mi
2,289 ft |
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| West Cabin Loop via Washington Park
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23.77 mi
3,430 ft |
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| Cabin Loop - Mogollon Rim
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18.16 mi
2,500 ft |
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| Cabin Loop from Washington Park
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23.31 mi
3,238 ft |
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| Cabin Loop - East
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20 mi
3,065 ft |
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| Cabin Loop - Perimeter
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26.31 mi
3,553 ft |
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| Barbershop Canyon Loop
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15.93 mi
1,537 ft |
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| Houston Bros Trail #171 / McFarland Spr Loop
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3.09 mi
287 ft |
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 | | Houston Brothers Trail to Aspen Spring
0.2 mi away
| |  | | Bear Canyon (Middle) - Mogollon Rim
0.2 mi away
| |  | | U - Bar Trail #28
0.3 mi away
| |  | | Houston Brothers Trail - Aspen Spring Access
1.0 mi away
| |  | | Houston Bros Tr Loop via U-Bar Tr-FR139G
1.0 mi away
| |  | | Houston Bros Trail #171 / McFarland Spr Loop
1.2 mi away
| |  | | Barb Shop Cyn - Dane Cyn Loop fm FR139C End
1.9 mi away
| |  | | McFarland Spring via 4WD - Mogollon Rim
2.0 mi away
| | | | Rock Crossing Trail #18C - Blue Ridge
2.3 mi away
| |  | | Merritt Draw Upper
2.3 mi away
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| Fauna |
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Arizona Sister Butterfly |
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Arizona Treefrog |
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Atlantis Fritillary Butterfly |
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Coyote |
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Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel |
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Greater Short-Horned Lizard |
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Horned Lizard |
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Pale Beauty Moth |
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Unidentified Fauna |
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Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly |
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| Flora |
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American Yellowrocket |
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Bigtooth Maple |
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Bracken Fern |
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False Hellebore (Corn Lily) |
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New Mexico Locust |
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Polypore Mushrooms and Conks |
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Ponderosa Pine |
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Quaking Aspen |
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Red Cinquefoil |
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Red Columbine |
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Red Raspberry |
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Richardsons Geranium |
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Rocky Mountain Iris |
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Unidentified Mushroom or Fungi |
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Western Wallflower - Orange |
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White Watercress |
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Yellow Columbine |
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| Meteorology |
Nearby |
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Autumn - Color Foliage |
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Lightning |
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Rainbow |
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| Named place |
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Aspen Spring |
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Barbershop Canyon |
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Barbershop Spring |
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Bear Canyon Creek - Mogollon |
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East Bear Canyon |
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Houston Draw |
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Houston Draw Head |
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McClintock Draw |
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McFarland Spring |
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Pinchot Spring |
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| Culture |
Nearby |
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Bridge |
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Cadastral Survey Marker |
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Campsite |
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Dam - Power Plant |
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Informational/Interpretive Trail Sign |
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Old Rusty Stuff |
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Trail Signs and Markings |
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Trash Hauled Out |
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Unknown VV Triangle Marker |
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Wooden Dwelling |
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For much of its length the Houston Brothers Trail wanders along the bottom of Houston Draw, a picturesque little valley through which a spring-fed perennial stream flows. The scenery here is mostly pastoral with a few photogenic rock outcrops and aspen groves to remind you that you're in rim country. This trail served a number of purposes during a heyday that stretched over most of the first half of this century. The Houston brothers were ranchers who used it for moving livestock from one part of the range to another. The Forest Service used the trail to move fire guards into isolated forest cabins where they were on twenty-four hour duty during times of high fire danger. Evidence of both of these pages out of the trail's history is visible at a number of locations, including a cabin site which Gifford Pinchot, father of the U. S. Forest Service singled out for its peaceful beauty. Today this trail is part of the Cabin Loop trail system, which provides an opportunity for Forest visitors to relive an aspect of Forest history while they enjoy the area's natural beauty.
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