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| Indian Springs Wash Meander, AZ | |
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Indian Springs Wash Meander, AZ
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| Hiking | 3.78 Miles |
585 AEG |
| | Hiking | 3.78 Miles | 3 Hrs 47 Mns | | 1.09 mph |
| 585 ft AEG | 19 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | | This was a lollipop loop hike starting off along a dirt road that forks off the road to the Riverside Campground on the Verde River below Bartlett Dam. I parked where the road was blocked by a locked gate and started out hiking along that road. Driving to that locked gate requires a vehicle with moderate clearance. If you ever find that gate unlocked I would recommend not driving any further because of extreme washouts that no sane person would attempt in a full size 4WD vehicle. The road passes a locked zip-line that crosses the river and a river level gauging station. I continued following the road to where it crossed the Indian Spring Wash taking a side trip down the wash to the river then going back up the wash for about a quarter mile. At that point I decided to leave the bottom of the wash and explore a bench on the east hillside of the wash. I slow walked across the bench looking for signs of ancient habitation and soon started seeing an occasional pottery sherd. Then I hit the bonanza with a scatter of sherds and a single spiral petroglyph in an area about 30 x 100 ft, but no visible ruins. Looping back over low hills on the way back to the car I saw the occasional sherd. |
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Wildflowers Observation Isolated
A few Mexican Golden Poppies were starting to show on south facing hillsides. |
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