Camp Creek Falls Photoset • josh0 • 2024-01-24 • HikeArizona.COM

Camp Creek Falls, AZ

	2024-01-24
	3 by josh0

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Camp Creek Falls

Phoenix, AZ

Camp Creek Falls

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	3.00 Miles	424 AEG

Hiking	3.00 Miles	3 Hrs 5 Mns	2.25 mph
	424 ft AEG	1 Hour 45 Mns Break

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I've lived near Cave Creek my whole life and only learned about this spot recently thanks to HAZ. I waited until after a good winter rain because I wanted to see the falls really flowing. I was surprised just how easy the hike was, round trip was only 1.5 hours even with me carrying my baby in my arms the whole time--it's no wonder this is a popular hike. We saw about a dozen people and this was a weekday. The majority of our time was spent enjoying the waterfall itself. The entire hike is gorgeous and there were a lot of surprises for me. Even though most of the route is below 3k feet the scenery is more akin to higher elevations, for example there are lots of healthy junipers as well as scrub live oak, and obviously a semi-permanent waterfall is not something one expects this close to the Phoenix metro. I'm glad we waited until after a rainstorm, the weather was humid but cool and overcast making it perfect for hiking. Blue Wash had some trickles coming out of the rocks and Camp Creek was running with clear water down to the confluence with Blue Wash. Sadly there is a lot of invasive arundo donax reeds along Camp Creek, hopefully there's enough water to go around so that they don't dehydrate the native trees like the last spring I visited. Overall this spot is definitely a new favorite of mine and I will be doing it regularly. I got lots of great pictures of my baby and I'm sure when he's older he'll enjoy playing in the water.

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Autumn Foliage Observation Light
The cottonwoods and (what I think are) gooding's willows are about ready to drop all their leaves, and there's only a handful of large trees in the first place.

Wildflowers Observation Isolated

	Blue Wash	Pools to trickle	Pools to trickle
	A few trickles coming out of some rocks as there was a lot of rain the day before, dry otherwise.

	Camp Creek Falls	Medium flow	Medium flow
	Clear water flowing from upstream of the falls all the way to the confluence with Blue Wash.

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