Merritt Draw Loop (Mid-Lower) - Mogollon Rim Photoset • Grasshopper • 2011-08-16 • HikeArizona.COM

Merritt Draw Loop (Mid-Lower) - Mogollon Rim, AZ

	2011-08-16
	24 by Grasshopper

3 labels
1 label
1 label
1 label

1
1 label
1 label

1
1 label
1
1
4

page 1 2

Merritt Draw Loop (Mid-Lower) - Mogollon Rim

Payson, AZ

Merritt Draw Loop (Mid-Lower) - Mogollon Rim

Payson, AZ

Hiking	5.10 Miles	841 AEG

Hiking	5.10 Miles	5 Hrs 10 Mns	1.61 mph
	841 ft AEG	2 Hrs Break

Linked

linked

Merritt Draw Riparian Area - Mogollon Rim

Partners

partners

AZLumberjack

tibber

I first had the chance to explore this very pleasant "Merritt Draw" and "Merritt Draw Riparian Area" this past mid-July while car camping in this area.

I had some unfinished exploring I had hoped to complete and with Jack and Angela's kind offer to drive and join me for a revisit, I was able to share my new area finds with them both and also complete some of my unfinished exploring that I had hoped to accomplish:
..to confirm the perennial source locations of both Drift Fence Spring and Merritt Spring (Thank you Jack for your keen eyes in locating both of these perennial spring sources)!

..to hike and post a revised GPS track to include a new hiking section of closed to vehicles, old logging road FR9735P( http://hikearizona.com/photo.php?ZIP=205911 ).

Thank you both for a very enjoyable day on our Mogollon Rim-Cabin Loop Area at 7400ft+ and an opportunity for me to give you both a grand, scenic driving tour up via Hwy87 to FR95 and driving out via the Rim Road FR300 to Hwy87. Angela's dinner recommendation at "El Rancho Mexican Food" in Payson was also an excellent choice!

Flora

Flora [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Mexican Silene

Fauna

Fauna [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Police Car Moth

Culture

Culture [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Cairn HAZ Rides Route - finding Labels Trash Hauled Out

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Drift Fence Spring Merritt Draw Merritt Spring

Wildflowers Observation Moderate

	Drift Fence Spring	Quart per minute	Quart per minute
	A perennial spring with nice, clear water pooling just down from the spring source.. http://hikearizona.com/dexcoder.php?PID=591088

	Merritt Spring	Quart per minute	Quart per minute
	Appears to be a perennial spring with a small hand made spring box.. http://hikearizona.com/dexcoder.php?PID=594133

_____________________

(Outside.. "there is No Place Like It!!")

username		X
password		X