Desert Hills Loop Photoset • LosDosSloFolks • 2022-12-07 • HikeArizona.COM

Desert Hills Loop, AZ

	2022-12-07
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Desert Hills Loop, AZ

Hiking	5.32 Miles	558 AEG

Hiking	5.32 Miles
	558 ft AEG		4 LBS Pack

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Ocotillo Trail - Sonoran Preserve North

Sidewinder Trail - Sonoran Perserve N

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We both felt the In-N-Out urge today.

The nearest location is over near I-17. That's $5 worth of gas round trip for a couple of $4 burgers so we needed to make the trip worthwhile. Good thing they don't have one closer or we'd be much larger hikers. We stopped off at the Desert Hills TH on 7th Ave. and Carefree Highway to get in a hike on the trip over and to build up our appetites.

This northern trail system is great for wildflowers [ photo ] in the spring but I don't think it gets a lot of use otherwise. We arrived at around noon and the massive TH parking lot was a graveyard. Sprinkles to start then full sun at the finish. The tread has deteriorated greatly from when we were here last, which was prior to Covid. Looks like these two trails get mainly horse traffic now. I think that really tears them up. Anyway, we had a great hike and a good meal afterward. Double-double w/onion.

Flora

Flora [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Many-Headed Barrel Cactus Unidentified Flora

Culture

Culture [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Antenna Farm Trail Signs and Markings

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Black Mountain

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