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| Hiking | 8.60 Miles |
950 AEG |
| | Hiking | 8.60 Miles | 3 Hrs 7 Mns | | 3.25 mph |
| 950 ft AEG | 28 Mns Break | 10 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | Another night hike in the McDowell Mountain Regional Park. Decided to hit the north of the park. Wanted to do the Verde and North Trails. Also noticed that HAZ didn't have a GPS trail for Lousley Hill Loop, so I figured I would pop over and get that. Nursery Tank Trail is right in the area so I figured I would see if there was anything to see there (Doubtful, given the time of year)
Verde Trailhead Parking - To get to the park you have to go into a gated community when you turn onto North Tonto Verde Drive road (off of North Fort McDowell Road). Gate was closed when I got there(sometime after 9:30pm). I drove around to see if there was another access point to the road, and there doesn't seem to be one. Luckily, when I drove past the entrance the second time, someone was entering, so I tailgated them and got past the gate. Not sure if the gate is closed during the day, but something to think about. I'm thinking this community thinks this trailhead if just for them. If you can get in, the gate will open automatically going out, so you don't have to worry about getting trapped.
Anyhow got to the trailhead at 10:11pm, temp was a toasty 96 degrees, dropped the fee in the self-pay box and started on the hike.
The planned hike is as detailed below, making for a 8.6 mile hike with 1 mile on the road, and 0.4 miles in a wash to get to all of the trails.
Although it was a "Warm" night, the hike went pretty much without issue, Didn't see anything at Nursery Tank. Got back to the trailhead at 1:18am and headed out.
01. Verde Trail (Heading South) 1.2
02. Northern Loop (West Site) 1.9
03. Wash Exit (Heading South) 0.2
04. Lousley Drive North Road 0.2
05. Lousley Drive South Road 0.2
06. Lousley Hill Loop (Counter Clockwise) 1.3
07. Lousley Drive South Road 0.2
08. Nursery Tank Trail (There and back) 0.6
09. Lousley Drive South Road 0.1
10. McDowell Mountain Park Drive (Heading North) 0.3
11. Wash to N Loop (Heading North) 0.2
12. Northern Loop (East Side) 0.8
13. Verde Trail (Heading North) 1.2 |
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riding it! would be good for kids or out of town visitors. It has some good views of the mountain ranges in the area. It felt warmer today then yesterday and I started 2 hours earlier. 
