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| | Hiking | 2.40 Miles | 2 Hrs | | 1.20 mph |
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| no partners | | It feels like a long drive in on the slow road...it's about 7 miles as the crow flies from the Agua Fria Nat. Monument kiosk at Bloody Basin Rd. to the far rim where Squaw Creek Ruins are located. I made it to within about a mile with moderately high clearance before parking and walking the rest of the way.
The road passes just to the right of a satellite ruin and continues to the main ruin, located right at the edge. It's a magnificent location, perched 1000ft above Squaw Creek. The ruin itself is in better shape than many of the neighboring Perry Mesa ruins, some wall architecture remains, but its still basically an overgrown pile of rubble sticking up above the mesa.
Below the main ruin on the cliff band is a great assortment of petroglyphs including the well known "red deer" glyphs. From the main ruin I descended to the left (east) and then contoured right below the ruin. There is reasonably well worn path and eventually the cliff band breaks up and I climbed back to the rim. I did find the "red deer" though its slightly tricky: when you run into the more obvious "reddish" deer turn around and look up.
I'm sure there are more glyphs and ruins in the area (Dave Wilson's book implies that) but I saw plenty. Though accessible by jeep road I didn't notice any vandalism...I hope it stays that way. |
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