War Between the States hike Photoset • Crzy4AZ • 2014-02-13 • HikeArizona.COM

War Between the States hike, AZ

	2014-02-13
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War Between the States hike, AZ

Hiking	10.10 Miles	2,084 AEG

Hiking	10.10 Miles	4 Hrs 36 Mns	2.94 mph
	2,084 ft AEG	1 Hour 10 Mns Break

Linked

8 linked trail guides

Hawk's Nest Trail - Sonoran Preserve

Desert Tortoise Trail - Sonoran Preserve

Valle Vista Trail - Sonoran Preserve

Great Horned Owl Trail - Sonoran Preserve

Union Peak Trail - Sonoran Preserve

Dixie Mountain Loop - Sonoran Preserve

Dixie Summit Trail - Sonoran Preserve

Western Vista Trail - Sonoran Preserve

Partners

partners

GI Jones

Since we were doing Union Peak and Dixie Peak - felt like a little North vs. South "War Between the States" hike.

This was our second of four date hikes during the week while kids are in school over the winter/spring season. Great weather and we counted this as our Valentine's date too :budrose:

- helluva lot more fun to be outside together than to go out with a million other people for an expensive dinner.

From Desert Vista Trailhead:
Hawk's Nest :next:

Desert Tortoise :next:

Valle Verde :next:

Great Horned Owl :next:

Union Peak :next:

back down to Valle Verde :next:

Dixie Mountain Loop :next:

Dixie Summit :next:

back down to DM loop :next:

Western Vista trail :next:

Hawk's nest back to parking lot

Good number of brittle bush in bloom along disturbed edge of trails. Few scattered poppies on both peaks. Scorpion weed towards top of Union Peak. Lots of blooming creosote also. This was our first hike in this area. Will have to do the northern trails sometime soon.

Fauna

Fauna [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Chuckwalla

Wildflowers Observation Light
brittle bush, creosote, rare poppies, scorpion weed

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