The hardest part of the Mormon Mountain Trail is finding the trailhead.
The first problem is that the old directions in Arizona Highways Hiking Guide says to take Forest Rd. 90 off of Lake Mary Road in Flagstaff. Myself and other hikers couldn’t find Forest Road 90 as apparently its been renamed Mormon Mountain Lake Road.

Mormon Mountain Trailhead

The second problem is that once your on Mormon Mountain Lake Road there is no signage on the road for the turnoff for the trailhead. There is a sign for Dairy Springs Campground and that is where you turn and go .06 to the trailhead.

Sign on the way to Dairy Springs Campground

Mormon Mountain Trail offers a lot of goodies for hikers who can find it. There are great views of Mormon Lake through the pine forest, there are aspens toward the top and a beautiful meadow toward the top as well. The trail also can have a multitude of flowers for those who get there at the right time of year, usually in June.

One of the flowers

The six to eight mile hike goes up in altitude from 7,233 to 8,449 giving hikers a good workout especially since the trail is only partly in the shade. This is also not one of Flagstaff’s busier trails, but expect to run into some hikers. Elk and other wildlife also use this area.
Mormon Mountain Trail also connects with the Arizona Trail and it’s a 28 mile scamper from here to Flagstaff on the Arizona Trail.
Mormon Mountain Trail comes out on Forest Road 648 which leads to the top of Mormon Mountain if you take a right when you come to that junction.

Good trail up the mountain