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Signal Peak 2282 - Casa Grande, AZ
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| Hiking | 1.82 Miles |
859 AEG |
| | Hiking | 1.82 Miles | 2 Hrs 19 Mns | | 1.16 mph |
| 859 ft AEG | 45 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I had LASIK eye surgery the previous day in Scottsdale, then TODAY had the follow-up appointment. Everything went well and on the drive back to Tucson I decided to stop and do this fairly short & easy hike.
I parked in the visitor parking and walked Northwest toward the library, made a left and walked along the path to get closer to the main ridgeline. On the right side of the path I saw some old adobe structures with picnic tables nearby, a good place to have lunch, but it was only 11 am and I decided I would have lunch at the summit.
I got on the ridgeline and it was fairly steep going up. I have to weave around some brush and boulders. When I got higher up, the terrain flattened out and I picked up a use trail that seemed to follow the ridgeline for a while. I followed the use trail for quite some distance until it faded out. From where it faded out, I could see the high point and I did a class 2 scramble to get up there.
On the summit, I found a US survey marker which had an arrow pointing at the summit. On the marker was inscribed 'Signal peak' with the year 1935. I did not see the official US survey marker. I looked around for a registry and did not find out. Luckily, I had a metal can and a glass jar with me. I started a new registry which is placed at the high point and put some rocks around it.
From the summit, I could see Picacho peak, Newman peak, Table Top mountain, and Mt Lemmon in the far distance. I headed back the same way but this time thought I saw a cairn East of my route up but after walking that way, it was probably worse than the route I took up. Partway down I saw the use trail again and followed that more carefully. Then you will see my branch around the 1.5 mile mark where I headed East down what looked like a use trail. This part was probably less steep than my ascent up until the first 1/3 mile. I ended up near the West side of the library so I walked South and merged back into my route going up.
As far as wildlife, I only saw a few lizards up high and 2 turkey vultures flying around near the top.
Directions
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Follow google maps to this address : 8470 N Overfield Rd building m, Coolidge, AZ 85128
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Follow I-10 to W McCartney Rd in Pinal County. (This is pretty close to Casa Grande)
Take exit 190 from I-10 W
Continue East from the exit
Continue on W McCartney Rd for 2.6 mi
Turn left onto N Overfield Rd, continue for 1.1 mi
Turn left into visitor parking area and park anywhere
Stats
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1.82 mi RT
859 feet AEG
strava moving time 1 hr 9 mins
strava elapsed time 2 hrs 19 mins |
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Michael Williams
IT Professional
Rocky Point Vacation Rentals
Ocean Front Condo in Rocky Point, Sonora, Mexico
www.beachfrontmexico.us
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