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| Middle-Upr Merritt Draw Figure 8 LOOP, AZ | |
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Middle-Upr Merritt Draw Figure 8 LOOP, AZ
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| Hiking | 4.70 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 4.70 Miles | 3 Hrs 25 Mns | | 1.94 mph |
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| no partners | | One of the enjoyable perks of my Mogollon Rim vehicle campsites is often not having to drive to a hiking TH. This Figure 8 Loop hike is one of those 
Over the past three years I've hiked this family friendly and very pleasant, simple off-trail route finding section of Upper and Middle Merritt Draw loop hike a number of times. This trip I planned to check-out the three riparian enclosure sections within this area of Merritt Draw and report on the perennial flow status of a couple of the named map springs that were located on my planned hiking route (Whistling Spring and Merritt Spring).
As an unexpected benefit today, I located three (3) additional springs along my figure eight loop that are unnamed but had what appeared to be a perennial water flow. I have way point documented all these springs within my posted and geocoded GPS Route and further documented them via my posted picset with captions and tag notes.
The only disappointment to report on is that last year I was able to walk right up to the perennial flowing cement spring box of "Whistling Spring" (located in Upper Merritt Draw). This trip I noticed that over the past year some enclosure work had been done to reinforce and build-up the Riparian Enclosure around this spring with a seven foot high fence with "no" access  I don't understand why they fully enclosed the cement spring box without having some type of human access. On my exit day 6/17, I stopped by the Hwy 87- Blue Ridge Ranger Station and leaving without a reason why..? |
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Merritt Spring |
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| | | appears to be a perennial water flow with a cement spring box |
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Whistling Spring |
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| | | Appears to be a perennial water flow with a cement spring box "but" is presently inaccessible for filtering or treating due to being enclosed within a 7 ft high fenced-in riparian enclosure. | | _____________________
| (Outside.. "there is No Place Like It!!") |
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