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Features
Birding · Cave · Views · Wildflowers · Wildlife
This trail is open year-round. June through September are normally too hot to hike during the day.
Description
The King Canyon Trailhead is located directly across from the Sonoran Desert Museum in a large parking lot.
From here you have two options: start up the gravel covered jeep trail or drop down into the wash. If you choose the wash expect some scrambling up old cement barriers- remnants of the days of a more developed area.
After about a mile the two paths converge and
Sendero Esperanza trail and Mam-A-Gah picnic area will be on your left. Mam-A-Gah is a covered area with several picnic tables. This is a great place to stop and have lunch! At this junction keep heading North-East to continue on King Canyon Trail.
The trail continues to climb for another 1.5 miles before reaching the ridge that joins with
Sweetwater Trail. From here head North-West up a series a steep switchbacks. During this time be on the lookout for bat sanctuaries! You can normally see bats here at dusk. A mile later the trail ends at the junction with
Hugh Norris Trail and
Wasson Peak Trail.
Flora & Fauna
Bats at dusk, watch out for snakes!
Contacts
Shared By:
Austin Thomas
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