San Pedro Trail Photoset • MAVM • 2013-01-11 • HikeArizona.COM

San Pedro Trail, AZ

	2013-01-11
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San Pedro Trail

Tucson, AZ

San Pedro Trail

Tucson, AZ

Hiking	4.53 Miles	686 AEG

Hiking	4.53 Miles	2 Hrs 44 Mns	2.61 mph
	686 ft AEG	1 Hour Break

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Murray Springs Clovis Site

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Murray Springs -

I engaged this mid-afternoon cold weather hike from the Escapule TH toward Murray Springs - recently becoming aware that this lush perennial water source was undocumented on HAZ, and thus with said impetus set out to witness this sources winter flow. I had last laid eyes and boots across this flowing creek over five months earlier during the monsoon in early August. Needless to say, every time I've ever trekked through the region has necessitated the need to cross the abundant flow coming from Murray Springs. With clean unadulterated spring fed water sources in the San Pedro at a premium - Murray Springs deserves to be highlighted - as taking water from the tainted mining run-off of the San Pedro River directly is to be avoided if possible.

I found the area below the pronounced cottonwood stands to be the most consistent source of the spring itself. Given the existence of what I have now verified as the town of Tombstone's old well maintained (there is obvious new bolting hardware visible) aqueduct piping system (see photos) from the Huachuca Mountains that dominates the audible water sources cascading location - this seems the best location to pinpoint the springs origin or there-abouts. Though the cottonwood stand above would document that the likely possibility of seasonal seeps and such exist in the vicinity - I did not have the luxury to plumb this possibility further at this time.

Murray Springs arises in the gorge running from below the Clovis Site / Murray Springs entrance to the San Pedro RNCA accessed from N. Moson Road just over a mile north of AZ Hwy. 90 east of Sierra Vista. I intend to begin using this arterial entrance to the riparian zone more frequently this winter, and will further document the area for the HAZ site as well.

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[ checklist ] Mormon Tea - E. fasciculata

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[ checklist ] Murray Springs - San Pedro RNCA

	Murray Springs - San Pedro RNCA	Gallon + per minute	Gallon + per minute
	Water as per usual is gushing steadily and providing an ample creek flow tributary toward the San Pedro River.

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