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Jan 24 2024
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Camp Creek FallsPhoenix, AZ
Camp Creek Falls
Phoenix, AZ
Hiking avatar Jan 24 2024
josh0 • Triplogs 2
Hiking3.00 Miles 424 AEG
Hiking3.00 Miles   3 Hrs   5 Mns   2.25 mph
424 ft AEG   1 Hour   45 Mns Break
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I've lived near Cave Creek my whole life and only learned about this spot recently thanks to HAZ. I waited until after a good winter rain because I wanted to see the falls really flowing. I was surprised just how easy the hike was, round trip was only 1.5 hours even with me carrying my baby in my arms the whole time--it's no wonder this is a popular hike. We saw about a dozen people and this was a weekday. The majority of our time was spent enjoying the waterfall itself. The entire hike is gorgeous and there were a lot of surprises for me. Even though most of the route is below 3k feet the scenery is more akin to higher elevations, for example there are lots of healthy junipers as well as scrub live oak, and obviously a semi-permanent waterfall is not something one expects this close to the Phoenix metro. I'm glad we waited until after a rainstorm, the weather was humid but cool and overcast making it perfect for hiking. Blue Wash had some trickles coming out of the rocks and Camp Creek was running with clear water down to the confluence with Blue Wash. Sadly there is a lot of invasive arundo donax reeds along Camp Creek, hopefully there's enough water to go around so that they don't dehydrate the native trees like the last spring I visited. Overall this spot is definitely a new favorite of mine and I will be doing it regularly. I got lots of great pictures of my baby and I'm sure when he's older he'll enjoy playing in the water.
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The cottonwoods and (what I think are) gooding's willows are about ready to drop all their leaves, and there's only a handful of large trees in the first place.
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A few trickles coming out of some rocks as there was a lot of rain the day before, dry otherwise.

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Clear water flowing from upstream of the falls all the way to the confluence with Blue Wash.
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Jan 03 2024
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Rondo Spring out and Back, AZ 
Rondo Spring out and Back, AZ
 
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josh0 • Triplogs 2
Hiking4.20 Miles 1,092 AEG
Hiking4.20 Miles   4 Hrs   30 Mns   1.20 mph
1,092 ft AEG   1 Hour    Break
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The trail from New River is still surprisingly easy to follow despite so many invasive weeds, although it is hard to distinguish from cattle trails at some points. There were lots of cattle for the first couple miles. About halfway through the hike is a barbed wire gate between the state trust land and Tonto that is so bent over that we couldn't open it, so we just climbed over/under it. Sadly, at the spring itself the cottonwood(?) tree you can see in others' photos has died--seemingly in the last few years--likely smothered by the invasive arundo donax cane that has taken over the wettest part of the spring. I'm surprised such a plant even got up there, I'm guessing an animal or person from Cave Creek dragged a seed up. The grill is almost covered by the canes, and there's a pile of the stuff like somebody tried cutting it back. Thankfully all the junipers still seem fine, there's even some young ones growing. The hand pump is still broken and the troughs were dry, the only sign of water was damp ground. We hung out around the spring for about an hour just enjoying the scenery before hiking back down. Even with the break we were out less than five hours. It was an amazing day with perfect clouds, temperature and humidity.

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No puddles, the troughs were empty and the pump is still broken.
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average hiking speed 1.73 mph

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