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Nov 08 2025
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 Joined Jan 02 2016
 Prescott, AZ
Vista Juniper Tunnel Waterline Noodle Loop, AZ 
Vista Juniper Tunnel Waterline Noodle Loop, AZ
 
Hiking avatar Nov 08 2025
Whiffer • Triplogs 152
Hiking5.23 Miles 524 AEG
Hiking5.23 Miles   2 Hrs   7 Mns   2.51 mph
524 ft AEG      2 Mns Break
 
1st trip
Linked   6 linked trail guides
Noodle Loop Trail #760
Vista Trail #706
Juniper Gate Trail #701
Tunnel Vision Trail #714
Javelina Trail #332
Waterline Trail #733
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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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Aug 06 2022
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 Photos 497
 Triplogs 152

70 male
 Joined Jan 02 2016
 Prescott, AZ
Javelina-West Side Story Loop, AZ 
Javelina-West Side Story Loop, AZ
 
Hiking avatar Aug 06 2022
Whiffer • Triplogs 152
Hiking8.63 Miles 872 AEG
Hiking8.63 Miles   3 Hrs   12 Mns   2.75 mph
872 ft AEG      4 Mns Break
 
Linked   11 linked trail guides
Javelina Trail #332
West Side Story Trail #725
Little Italy Trail #703
Missing Link Trail #724
Zygomatic Trail #761
Russ T. Fender Trail #728
Waterline Trail #733
Tatanka Trail #735
Skyline Trail #712
Spence Creek Trail #719
Vista Trail #706
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This loop starts south on Javelina Trail #332 from Iron Springs Trailhead. It uses all of Javelina Trail on the Iron Springs Railroad right-of-way, then stays on Trail #332 when it leaves the railroad right-of-way. After passing the fireplace, take Little Italy Trail #703 (may be no sign) west along the south bank of Willow Creek, then cross the creek and head east, northeast and northwest to the junction of Trail #703 and Missing Link Trail #724. Take Trail #724 west past Zygomatic Trail #724 to Russ T Fender Trail #728. It's less than 0.1 mile on Trail #728 to West Side Story Trail #725 which returns to the Iron Springs Trailhead. I wanted to go a little more than 8 miles, so this route takes Spence Creek Trail #719 back to Javelina Trail #332 and north to Vista Trail #706. Vista Trail is well-named with views of Granite Mountain (near Williamson Valley Road), Thumb Butte and the Spence Creek Basin. This route goes out and back on Trail #706 to get in the distance I wanted to cover on this hike (about 8.5 miles). The Spence Creek Basin contains a mesh of trails made and named by mountain bikers. The route contains waypoints for some of the trail junctions. It is easy to shorten or lengthen the loop by taking other trails. At the trailhead is one of the modern USFS signs with a map and trails. There are similar maps at some of the trail junctions. I have also created triplogs for these trails.
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Wildflowers Observation Light
Arizona Thistle, Dalmatian toadflax, datura, goldenrod, common mullein, firecracker penstemon, and many more yellow, purple and orange wildflowers
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average hiking speed 2.63 mph

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