Monument Hill - B&M Wildlife Area Photoset • chumley • 2013-01-20 • HikeArizona.COM

Monument Hill - B&M Wildlife Area, AZ

	2013-01-20
	15 by chumley

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Monument Hill - B&M Wildlife Area

Phoenix, AZ

Monument Hill - B&M Wildlife Area

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	0.62 Miles	230 AEG

Hiking	0.62 Miles	20 Mns	1.86 mph
	230 ft AEG

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On our way to Rainbow Valley, I decided that I had to experience where it all began, and made my way to Arizona's Initial Point. After bagging a small peak next to Estrella Mountain Park and realizing I probably should have looked at the map a little bit more closely, we drove back east a couple of miles and bagged the correct peak! Simple hike, surprisingly many people in the B&M Wildlife area enjoying the beautiful weather and sunset. Sure wouldn't want to be here on a race day. Only one other person up on the hill though.

I had read that you need permission from PIR to hike the hill, but the track was open and plenty of people were milling about and didn't seem to care at all about us being on the hill. Despite knowing the boundary of the Reservation, I didn't see any signs, barricades, or other obvious markers indicating that meandering a few yards onto Res land was in any way discouraged. But that was my experience. Proceed at your own risk.

It was cool to see the monument. It's a must-visit site for any other nerdy people like me who like benchmarks and such.

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