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High Desert Trail - MSPN, AZ

	2024-01-27
	13 by DarthStiller

High Desert Trail - MSPN

Phoenix, AZ

High Desert Trail - MSPN

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	12.30 Miles	564 AEG

Hiking	12.30 Miles	4 Hrs 22 Mns	2.82 mph
	564 ft AEG

Linked

6 linked trail guides

136th Street Express Trail - MSPN

Hawknest Trail - MSPN

Stagecoach Trail - MSPN

Renegade Trail - MSPN

Dove Valley Trail - MSPN

Barb's Trail - MSPN

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I need to start catching up on chores at home, so I opted for a local hike, which was still over an hour drive to the TH

. Anyway, I started from the ATV trailhead at the north end of 136th St, which serves just as well as a TH for hiking into this north part of the MSPN. I did a loop of 136th St Express-Hawknest-Stagecoach-High Desert-Renegade-Dove Valley-Barb's Trail-136th St. Just over 12 miles. Made great time since the trails are level and smooth. Started at 6:30am in the dark and took the headlamp off before the first mile was completed.

I saw 2 deer as I turned off the Hawknest Trail onto the Stagecoach Trail, but they never stopped at all so I wasn't able to get a pic. Then on the Renegade Trail I saw a javelina and had the same issue. Lots of hawks along the Hawknest Trail, I guess that's why it's called that.

Not much traffic on the trails at all, which was kind of surprising. I saw one other hiker ahead of me on the High Desert Trail, and about 4 bikers.

The ATV TH has some vehicles parked when I got there, but nothing crazy. 2 hunters were field dressing what I think was a dove. Didn't notice a shotgun, which would be the typical tool to harvest one with

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