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Hikes, Camps and Meetings
updated August 27, 2010
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Before attending, please call or email the leader to confirm. |
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Non-members are welcome to hike with us. |
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Cost:
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Parking at some trailheads requires a pre-paid pass or a park
entrance fee. If so, it will be noted in the hike description.
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When car-pooling, please bring enough money to pay your
share of the cost of gas.
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On each hike, the club allows voluntary contributions
at the rate of $1 per member or $3 per non-member.
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→ Carpool meeting locations |
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ARIZONA TRAILBLAZERS
CARPOOL MEETING LOCATIONS |
Northbound Hikes (Prescott, Sedona, Flagstaff areas)
Meet in the Deer Valley Park and Ride lot on the SW
corner of I-17 & Bell Road. The lot is right next to the freeway.
33° 38.307' N, 112° 7.024' W [NAD27]
Southbound Hikes (Tucson area, Santa Catalinas)
Meet in the parking lot south of Einstein Brothers
Bagel Shop on the SE corner of 48th Street & Ray Road, west of I-10.
For those leaving their cars behind, please park up against the west curb
of the parking lot and not in the Einstein’s common parking area.
Eastbound Hikes off AZ 88 (Goldfields, Superstitions, Roosevelt)
Meet in east Mesa in Red Mountain Park located at 7745
E. Brown Rd., on the south side of Brown a half mile east of Power Road.
Directions from the Red Mountain Freeway (Loop 202):
• Exit 26 (Brown Road)
• Go west on Brown a half mile to the light at Sterling Dr.
• Turn left at Sterling into the park.
Then take the first left into the Palo Brea parking lot.
Eastbound Hikes off US 60 (Superstitions, Superior, Globe)
Meet in east Mesa at the Home Depot on the southeast
corner of Power and 60. Go east on the Superstition Freeway (US 60) to
Superstition Springs Blvd., exit 187. Take that exit, turn right and
go 1/2 mile east, across Power Road. Then turn left, toward Home Depot,
at the second driveway. Park in the southwest corner of the lot, behind
Burger King.
Northeast-Bound Hikes (Payson and Mogollon Rim)
Meet in the parking lot of the Target Center on
the south side of Shea Blvd., about a mile west of Highway 87 (Beeline).
For those leaving their cars behind, please park up against the
north curb away from Target.
Westbound Hikes (Sierra Estrella and White Tanks)
Meet in west Phoenix on the west side of the Fry’s
Marketplace parking lot at the northeast corner of 43rd. Ave. and
McDowell (just north of I-10, exit 140).
Jacob’s Crosscut Trailhead (Superstitions)
Meet at Jacob’s Crosscut Trailhead on the Apache
Trail (Arizona highway 88).
Go east on the Superstition Freeway (US 60) to Idaho Road (state
highway 88), exit 196. Take that exit, turn left (north) and go 8
miles northeast, past Lost Dutchman State Park to First Water Road,
between miles 201 and 202. Turn right on First Water Road and go 0.6
miles east to the Crosscut Trailhead, marked with a sign.
Willow Springs Trailhead (Goldfields)
Meet at Willow Springs Trailhead on the Apache Trail
(Arizona highway 88).
Directions from the Superstition Freeway (US 60):
• exit 196 (Idaho Road)
• mile 0.0:
Turn left and go north on Idaho Road, which is Arizona highway 88.
• mile 10.1:
At milepost 204 of AZ 88, turn left and park north of the road.
Milepost 204 is just before the road goes up into the hills.
You have to drive off a slanted curb to get off the road:
take the curb at a 45° angle.
Meridian Trailhead (Goldfields)
Meet at Meridian Trailhead at the north end of Meridian Road.
Directions from the Red Mountain Freeway (Loop 202):
• exit 26 (Brown Road)
• Go east on Brown 4 miles to Meridian Road.
• Turn left and go north 2 miles on Meridian.
• Park at the trailhead, where the road dead ends.
Blue Point Trailhead (Goldfields)
Meet at Blue Point Trailhead, on the Bush Highway near the Salt River.
Directions from Phoenix on the Red Mountain Freeway (Loop 202):
• exit 23A (Power Road)
• Turn left and go north on Power,
which becomes the Bush Highway.
• Continue east on the Bush Highway past Usery Pass
Road [stop sign].
• Park at the trailhead, which is on the right side
of the road 1.9 miles past the stop sign.
If you get to the bridge, turn around and go back 1/3 mile.
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