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South Mountain Park preserves in a natural state a mountainous area of 16,283 acres (65.89 km 2) or approximately 25.5 sq mi (66 km 2) of native desert vegetation. Originally called Phoenix Mountain Park, it was formed in 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge sold its initial 13,000 acres (53 km 2 ) to the city of Phoenix for $17,000.
One of many petroglyphs in South Mountain Park. Dobbins Lookout is the highest point accessible by trail at 2,330 feet (710 meters). Alta Ridge is the ridge on the eastern end of Maricopa peak. Telegraph Pass is the gap between South Mountain to the east and Goat Hill to the West. Fat Man's Pass is located on the National Trail and is a rock ...
Much of the trail passes through ponderosa pine forests; in other places the path crosses meadows or traverses mesas with desert plants like agave. The southern part of the loop follows the rim of the canyon along the northern boundary of the wilderness. [7] The sections of trail outside of the wilderness are open to mountain biking as well as ...
Appalachian Trail at Slaughter Mountain: A National Recreation Trail which forms a 60-mile (97 km) loop in combination with the Appalachian Trail. East Coast Greenway: 3,000 4,828 Eastern U.S. Calais, Maine: Key West, Florida: 29% complete as of 2013, multi-use path Eastern Continental Trail: 5,400 8,690 Eastern U.S. Key West, Florida: Belle ...
The mountain also has 19 miles of cross-country ... The surrounding Redwoods National and State Parks include miles of trails and coastline north and south of the ... desert campers and geology ...
El Camino del Diablo (Spanish, meaning "The Devil's Path"), also known as El Camino del Muerto, Sonora Trail, Sonoyta-Yuma Trail, Yuma-Caborca Trail, and Old Yuma Trail, [2] is a historic 250-mile (400 km) road that passes through some of the most remote and inhospitable terrain of the Sonoran Desert in Pima County and Yuma County, Arizona.
Map of Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail routes in Arizona and California California road signage for the Anza Trail. The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail is a 1,210-mile (1,950 km) trail extending from Nogales on the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, through the California desert and coastal areas in Southern California and the Central Coast region to San Francisco. [1]
Haury, Emil, 1978 The Hohokam: Desert Farmers and Craftsmen. Chenault, Mark, Rick Ahlstrom, and Tom Motsinger, 1993 In the Shadow of South Mountain: The Pre-Classic Hohokam of La Ciudad de los Hornos", Part I and II. Craig, Douglas B., 2001 The Grewe Archaeological Research Project, Volume 1: Project Background and Feature Descriptions.