Badger Springs Trail Photoset • Hansenaz • 2013-08-17 • HikeArizona.COM

Badger Springs Trail, AZ

	2013-08-17
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Badger Springs Trail

Camp Verde, AZ

Badger Springs Trail

Camp Verde, AZ

Hiking		Aug 17 2013
		Hansenaz

Hiking	3.00 Miles	700 AEG

Hiking	3.00 Miles	3 Hrs 15 Mns	0.92 mph

	700 ft AEG

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Agua Fria River via Badger

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Hard to find a local half-day hike when the forecast is 114F...but this one worked out fine. Only about 75min from the far-side of Phoenix to the trailhead.

I walked down the sandy trail to the intersection with the Agua Fria and spent some time looking at the nice petroglyph panel on the left. I scrambled all around the outcrop but didn't find anything else of interest.

I headed up the western slope to the edge of Black Mesa....I had hoped I might find some more glyphs or other signs of a path between Badger Springs and a habitation site on the rim, but didn't see anything convincing. I continued along the edge to the ruin (which I've been to before) and then reversed direction and took the ridge with a little bushwacking back to the car.

A little breeze on the mesa made it OK and I was home by noon - not bad.

Named place

Agua Fria River

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