Hooker Hot Springs

[Yellowhorse]

Anyone been to Hooker Hot Springs and can say what its like? The springs, the environment? Is it natural or commercial? Crowded?

The location is +/- 40 miles west of Wilcox, 10 miles south of the Galiuro Wilderness on FS691.

[azbackpackr]

I think it belongs to the Nature Conservancy.

You want a remote hot springs backpacking trip, you want to look at Blue Primitive Area, Hannah Hot Springs.

[Sredfield]

Mule Shoe Preserve is the name now, and yes it is a Nature Conservancy property. There is little there that wasn't there 50 years ago, no commercial development, many miles of gravel road to get there. http://www.nature.org/wherewework/north ... 22005.html

[big_load]

Mule Shoe Preserve is the name now, and yes it is a Nature Conservancy property.

And it was featured in the latest Arizona Highways.

[Yellowhorse]

Thanks Sredfield for that link. Thanks all who answered this thread. I hadn't thought about Hooker Hot Springs so much as a destination. More as a waypoint, wondering what was there and if we'd want to stop by on a thru trip.

In Oregon where I live the Nature Conservancy is known to buy up bits of habitat threatened by commercial development. They have a pretty good rep for their management and choices. Didn't know they sometimes run for profit businesses like this one.

Could be this one is a bit hoity for our rabble. Or maybe not. Its always good to learn about new places.