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Apr 25 2025

mt98dew

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Phoenix,Az

Mallard Cove / Teal Point Trail

Northwest, AZ

Mallard Cove / Teal Point Trail

Northwest, AZ

Hiking		Apr 25 2025
		mt98dew • Triplogs 2,387

Hiking	5.22 Miles	516 AEG

Hiking	5.22 Miles
	516 ft AEG

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Last day of vacation allowed for a short, early morning hike before departure. I decided to try the Mallard/Teal Trail. Got to the parking area near the “White House” around 5:30. I don’t think Trump would approve…..I didn’t see any golf courses in the area, but there is plenty of room to build one near the new homes being built in the area. I’m glad I did this trail when I did. This area is quickly being developed with high-end homes.

I didn’t download the trail, but I was happy to see that part of this trail crossed over into the area I was exploring yesterday, so I kind of knew where it was heading. Looking at the satellite image (after the hike), it looked like a followed a trail that stayed closer to Mockingbird Wash. I still turned from Camp Solitude at the same place. Followed something close to her route in making my way toward Mallard Cove, though I did have to pass through a construction zone to do it. I was very tempted to head over to the next campsite (Teal), but I was pressed for time and a little worried about making through all the new homes. I don’t think it’s possible to follow her (initial) return route. All new homes. I stayed in a small wash as long as I could before emerging into the controlled chaos. There were still more empty lots than not so I wasn’t hiking through someone’s backyard. That won’t be the case for long. Within a couple of years this hike will have to be done as an in and out.

Nice hike. Limited parking from where I started, but a neat and quick way to get into the north side of SARA Park. Saw some amazing rock work done by someone early on in the hike. A lot of time had to have spent in making the designs and windowed structure. Visiting another lake campsite was cool. Mallard is huge compared to Solitude and Balance Rock. Didn’t see anyone on the trails except construction workers.

Wildlife included quail and one healthy looking coyote.

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Dec 20 2022

azbackpackr

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Joined Jan 21 2006
Eagar AZ

Mallard Cove / Mockingbird Wash Loop, AZ

Hiking		Dec 20 2022
		azbackpackr • Triplogs 883

Hiking	4.07 Miles	378 AEG

Hiking	4.07 Miles	2 Hrs 25 Mns	2.12 mph
	378 ft AEG	30 Mns Break

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I had hiked to the lake from this trailhead about 5 years ago, and decided to revisit it. I ended up doing a somewhat different loop. It turns out the "Mallard Cove/Teal Point Trail" listed on the "GoLakeHavasu" website is a jumble of somewhat ill-defined routes. In the photos, I will include a hand-drawn map from that website. So, looking at that map, this time I went down the East Rim Trail and came back up via Mockingbird Wash. For future hikes here, I could vary the route every time. In 2017, I did this loop: GPS :: Mallard Cove / Teal Point Trail

This would make a pleasant, easy overnight backpacking trip, because of the comfy BLM boat-in campsite by the lake, which has a picnic table with shade structure, BBQ, and a pit toilet. The lake water is very clear, can be filtered. There's an iron ranger to pay. It's $10 if you just stay overnight and leave by 9 a.m., or $5 if you have a geezer card.

I go to Lake Havasu City once a week for a "Field Notes" group, which meets at a picnic ramada in the park. They make drawings and paintings of birds, etc., to create journals and notebooks. I'm no artist, but I want to get better at IDing the "little grey birds." Drawing them helps me to remember the smallest details about them. I will include a couple of my drawings in the photoset. I'm starting with the most common small birds of the region.

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There is a point of no return unremarked at the time in most lives. Graham Greene The Comedians
A clean house is a sign of a misspent life.

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Dec 13 2017

azbackpackr

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Joined Jan 21 2006
Eagar AZ

Mallard Cove / Teal Point Trail

Northwest, AZ

Mallard Cove / Teal Point Trail

Northwest, AZ

Hiking		Dec 13 2017
		azbackpackr • Triplogs 883

Hiking	5.22 Miles	516 AEG

Hiking	5.22 Miles	3 Hrs 5 Mns	1.92 mph
	516 ft AEG	22 Mns Break

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This is a fairly easy loop hike on trail. It goes mostly within the boundaries of Lake Havasu State Park. Heading down Mockingbird Wash, it passes Mallard Cove and ends up at some boat-in campsites on the shore of Lake Havasu, at Teal Point. It starts at the end of a cul-de-sac next to a very fancy home dubbed "The White House." I went with a local hiking group of women from Topock (Golden Shores.)

A couple of years ago it occurred to me that a backpacking trip along the unpopulated south end of the lake, following its eastern shore, might be kind of fun. I have kayak camped all along there. There are a few trails, but even without trails it would be quite doable. You would always have water, and if you wanted a picnic table, there are those boat-in camps all along the way, which see little use in the wintertime. I haven't done it yet, but the idea is cooking. I don't want to leave my car anywhere for days, but now I have friends here who would drop me off and pick me up again.

The Mojave Desert is quite spare and plain when it comes to plant life. Although I love the lush Sonoran Desert, especially around Tucson, I have also come to love the stark simplicity of the Mojave. And it's especially gorgeous when contrasted with water, such as the Colorado River and its reservoirs. Lake Havasu is especially pretty, I think, once you get away from the town, because, unlike lakes Mead and Powell, it never has a bathtub ring. I think they have to keep it full due to the waterworks down by the dam for both the CAP and the Colorado River Aqueduct.

Lake Havasu City Convention and Visitors Bureau has a hiking page. This hike is on there, with a hand-drawn map: https://golakehavasu.com/activity/hikin ... int-trail/

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There is a point of no return unremarked at the time in most lives. Graham Greene The Comedians
A clean house is a sign of a misspent life.

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