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Vista Juniper Tunnel Waterline Noodle Loop, AZ
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| Hiking | 5.23 Miles |
524 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.23 Miles | 2 Hrs 7 Mns | | 2.51 mph |
| 524 ft AEG | 2 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | | This is one of many possible loop hikes starting from the Spence Springs Trailhead a few miles west of Prescott, AZ. The only trail that starts at this trailhead is Noodle Loop Trail #760, but it is only 0.4 mile to Vista Trail #706 which ends at Javelina Trail #332 a few tenths south of the Iron Springs Trailhead. About 1.5 miles from the start, before reaching Javelina Trail, this route turns south on Juniper Gate Trail #701. About 1. 8 miles from the start, this route turns onto Tunnel Vision Trail #714. I had planned to hike to the end of Tunnel Vision and take Tatanka Trail #735, but I had to cut this hike short, so after passing through the eponymous tunnel under Javelina Trail, I took an unmarked trail to Javelina Trail and then returned to Noodle Loop on Waterline Trail #733. One of the benefits of this route is that Waterline Trail is open and the vast majority of the yarrow, Arizona thistles and daisies were on Waterline, while the southwestern mock verain were prevalent on Vista and Juniper Gate. |
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Autumn Foliage Observation Isolated
a few bushes and vines in yellow and rarely red, including a few leaves of a pineywoods geranium |
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Wildflowers Observation Light
common yarrow; southwestern mock verain; camphorweed; New Mexico fleabane; the last of Arizona thistle, common mullein and Dalmation toadflax; Apache plume seedheads; one each harlequinbush and yellow salsify seedhead (see photos) |
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