Merkle Memorial Trail Photoset • DarthStiller • 2025-04-27 • HikeArizona.COM

Merkle Memorial Trail, AZ

	2025-04-27
	11 by DarthStiller

Merkle Memorial Trail

Phoenix, AZ

Merkle Memorial Trail

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	7.91 Miles	453 AEG

Hiking	7.91 Miles	3 Hrs 12 Mns	2.48 mph
	453 ft AEG	1 Min Break

Linked

linked

Chain Fruit Trail

Moon Rock Trail

Blevins Trail

Desert Hawk Loop - Usery

Lost Sheep Trail

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Sunday morning lazy hike. hit areas I haven't done in few years. Started on Chainfruit up to the visitor center, hit the 2 trails to the campgrounds along the way. The one just ended at the campground but I have an old track with a loop somewhere there, may have to go back one day to find it again.

Hit Desert Hawk by the Visitor Center then headed south on chainfruit and Lost Sheep, then took the side trails to the subdivisions and then headed over to finish up on Merkle. Got my shot of the day on Merkle of the hummingbird on top of a saguaro.

Weather was nice. Air seemed a bit hazy, couldn't see any of Mt Lemmon, which you usually can in this area. Traffic on the trails wasn't too bad.

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