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TO TRAILHEAD: US 60 E to AZ 88 E thru Apache Junction, AZ. Go .25 mi. past Lost Dutchman State Park entrance; turn R onto (dirt) First Water Rd. In 3 mi., park @ First Water trailhead.
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HBS01
| Dist: 5.19 mi |
Points: 461 |
Calories: none |
| Time: none |
Speed: 0.0 mph |
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HACKBERRY Track
HBS001
Location: 33.480278°, -111.442924°
Go S on Dutchman Trail #104, an old dirt road to First Water Ranch
HBS002
Location: 33.477379°, -111.439697°
L @ Y onto Second Water Trail #236
HBS003
Location: 33.478920°, -111.435600°
Photo op: The long, prickly arms of saguaro cacti frame views to a distant mesa
HBS004
Location: 33.476635°, -111.428528°
Cross First Water Creek (usually dry). Swing N on Second Water Trail; gentle climb up cactusy wash to Garden Valley
HBS005
Location: 33.482037°, -111.427841°
Trail empties onto flat, sometimes-muddy plain where cholla and mesquite flourish and mesas encircle Garden Valley
HBS006
Location: 33.485821°, -111.427498°
Bear L, staying on Second Water Trail; in 100 ft., leave Forest Service trail and bear L again on well-defined path where horse hoofprints head off to the NW
HBS007
Location: 33.494801°, -111.435204°
Stay on main trail across saddle
HBS008
Location: 33.498760°, -111.437500°
More classic saguaro figures with mountain peaks in distance
HBS009
Location: 33.498020°, -111.440903°
Vegetation provides shade @ First Water Creek
HBS010
Location: 33.495171°, -111.441399°
Hackberry Spring provides a welcome respite; views of towering cliffs
HBS011
Location: 33.491650°, -111.441399°
Bear R @ large cairn, leaving First Water Creek; head toward old corral, windmill, and obvious saddle to the SW
HBS012
Location: 33.487171°, -111.442200°
R @ cairn toward saddle to the SW
HBS013
Location: 33.482819°, -111.446999°
Turn L onto road back to the trailhead to complete loop
Classic saguaro
Location: 33.494251°, -111.433113°
©Steffan Fay
View to the SE across Garden Valley
Location: 33.486065°, -111.427628°
©Steffan Fay
Hackberry Spring
Location: 33.495193°, -111.441513°
©Steffan Fay
Saguaro with snow-stippled mountain peaks in the distance
Location: 33.498753°, -111.437401°
©Steffan Fay
Pickly pear, palo verde and saguaro cover hillsides
Location: 33.479206°, -111.434616°
©Steffan Fay
Starting off on the loop
Location: 33.478951°, -111.442200°
©Steffan Fay
Second Water Trail near the entrance to Garden Valley
Location: 33.482250°, -111.427971°
©Steffan Fay
A distant mesa
Location: 33.478909°, -111.436157°
©Steffan Fay
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