Garden Valley - Hackberry Loop Photoset • LindaAnn • 2024-05-16 • HikeArizona.COM

Garden Valley - Hackberry Loop, AZ

	2024-05-16
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Garden Valley - Hackberry Loop

Phoenix, AZ

Garden Valley - Hackberry Loop

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	5.80 Miles	786 AEG

Hiking	5.80 Miles	2 Hrs 27 Mns	2.45 mph
	786 ft AEG	5 Mns Break

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Hackberry Spring Loop

Garden Valley Loop

Dutchman Trail #104

Second Water Trail #236

Partners

partners

Tortoise_Hiker

wallyfrack

Route recorded on Route Scout | Pop | Map | Popup | MapDEX

Met Denny & Wally at First Water at 0500. Driving thru AJ at 0430 is an interesting experience, btw. Headed out on Dutchman and Second Water to Garden Valley. Shade the whole way. Garden Valley is a golden sea of foxtails, one spark and that place is going up in flames.

Made our way to Hackberry. The spring is yuck, but plenty of water in the creek after that point. Easy to keep the feet dry, but enough water for nice pics. Didn’t get much sunlight until the last mile or so. Nice early morning workout loop. Saw one other hiker who started at the same time as us. A pleasant surprise of rain showers on part of my drive back home, and at my house, including some thunder. Always good to see Denny & Wally again, thanks for the invitation!

Fauna

Fauna [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Canyon Tree Frog

	Hackberry Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	Gross water. Water in the creek west of the spring looks much better.

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