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| Hiking | 10.33 Miles |
1,558 AEG |
| | Hiking | 10.33 Miles | 5 Hrs | | 2.48 mph |
| 1,558 ft AEG | 50 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Found myself at Peralta Regional Park for an event this weekend, convinced a friend to join me for a brief wander, so we did a small loop stringing together the Stargazing Trail with most of the Oro Vista Loop before hopping the connector trail over to the Saguaro Loop...my companion was about ready to be done with the day heating up when we hit the junction with the Desperado trail so we hopped the connector to the campground road, then hopped onto the Serenity loop back to the car so I could run her home.
Luckily for me, she doesn't live too far from the park, so I opted to return to finish things off since I had already paid for the day pass. Dropped the car back off, road walked to the Equestrian parking area and cranked out the Desperado Trail, the North Star Trail, finished off the Saguaro Loop, the Wanderer Trail and the rest of the Oro Vista Loop before finishing off with the Interpretive trail. Weighed completing the Serenity loop as well, but my feet were starting to bother me and I new I had a long hiking day planned for the following day so that trail will have to remain unfinished unless I find myself in Peralta Regional Park again for some reason.
The park itself is quite small and has a number of very nice shaded picnic ramadas. There were a few folk camping, but not many wandering the trails - Crossed paths with one person coming off the desperado trail in the morning, and another with a large backpack in the afternoon.
The trails were all well constructed, and many featured some fantastic views of the superstitions. The end of the North Star Trail gives you good views of the interior of the park itself....the better view is had when you turn around to retrace your steps back down to the Desperado Trail. There is also a saguaro with a crested arm right near the end of the North Star Trail. It was nice to see areas dense with cholla and saguaro, though many of the cholla were quite small and definitely seem to be struggling with the heat and drought of the recent summers. |
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Happier when hiking....I may not move fast (and I'm often distracted by wildflowers), but I'll get there eventually  |
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