Chimney Rock Loop Photoset • markthurman53 • 2023-03-18 • HikeArizona.COM

Chimney Rock Loop, AZ

	2023-03-18
	19 by markthurman53

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Chimney Rock Loop, AZ

Hiking	6.18 Miles	701 AEG

Hiking	6.18 Miles	3 Hrs 21 Mns	1.86 mph
	701 ft AEG	2 Mns Break

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I hiked to Chimney Rock in Redington Pass a couple months ago on my own and thought Ginny might like this hike. We changed it up a bit this time, started along the Bellota Ranch Road where the Arizona Trail crosses and followed the road to Chimney Rock. We returned via Chimney Rock Creek and a portion of the Arizona Trail.

This was a Saturday so the drive in Redington Pass was a zoo, there were even quite a few quads on the Bellota Ranch Road to Chimney Rock. The road was at least fairly dry on this hike not a sloppy muddy mess like it was in December when I last went here. Made a stop at Government Tank, nothing much to see, may not even been worth the 50 foot side trek to see it, there was water in it though. The Chimney Rock area is an outcrop of rocks that make for some interesting exploring. The quads have pretty much torn up the area around chimney rock. If you cross over the fence to the south of Chimney Rock there are a lot formations that are interesting. To the south of this area are the Rincon Mountains that are quite impressive with the northern slopes covered in snow.

We returned via Chimney Rock Creek. Till you get to Chimney Rock all the streams drain eventually into the Santa Cruz River, once past Chimney Rock (east) the streams drain into the San Pedro. Chimney Rock Creek had a light flow and was fairly easy to navigate all the way to the Arizona Trail crossing. a couple places were choked with catclaw but nothing serious. Once at the Arizona Trail we headed west back to our start location. Saw two people on the Arizona Trail with packs, one heading north the other heading south. Back at our start point we did a short excursion west on the Arizona Trail to the Lake. There are actually 2 pools that make up the lake. Maybe at times these two pools are connected. Saw a couple of Killdeer in this area, which makes sense being they like water. Finished around 3:00 and headed back joining the herd of other people on Redington Road (make a note, do not do Redington Pass on a weekend)

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[ checklist ] The Lake

Chimney Rock Creek

Medium flow

Government Tank

51-75% full

	The Lake	51-75% full	51-75% full
	Not sure what full is but there was a good amount of water in two separate tanks.

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