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CHIRICAHUA'S ARIZONA
and Surrounding area

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TERRAIN, VEGETATION, AND ADVENTURES ARE AVAILABLE
FOR HIKING, CAMPING, AND BACKPACKING IN THIS AREA.

The Chiricahua's are located SouthEast of Tucson Arizona, close to the New Mexico border.  Known as a "Sky Island", the Chiricahua's were home to the Chiricahua Apache Indians the since 1690's.  The famous spiraling pinnacle rocks were formed 27 million years ago when Turkey Creek Volcano erupted and spread ash over 1200 square miles, and erosion since that time has formed the rocks we see today.  The name Chiricahua is stated to be derived from an Opata word (a Uta-Aztecan Mexican tribal language) meaning "wild turkey".  The Chiricahua National Monument currently covers 11,985 acres, and has 18 miles of day-use hiking trails.

BONITA CANYON - MARCH
ECHO CANYON - MARCH
ED RIGGS TRAIL - MARCH
HAILSTONE TRAIL - MARCH
HEART OF ROCKS - MARCH
HORSE TRAIL BY COCHISE HEAD - MARCH

INDIAN CREEK - MARCH
INSPIRATION POINT - MARCH
LOWER RHYOLITE TRAIL - MARCH
NATURAL BRIDGE - MARCH
MASSAI POINT - MARCH
SARAH DEMING TRAIL - MARCH

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This Hike by members of Arizona Outdoor Travel Club of Phoenix Arizona
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03/30/2008 Natural Bridge - Coronado National Forest - 
Chiricahua National Monument Arizona
 The Natural Bridge in the Chiricahua National Monument spans over 30ft, and is located in Bonita Canyon. Go Virtual Hike with us 4.8 miles (round-trip) starting at 5560ft elevation, with a steady increase up to 5980ft within the first mile, and then continuing on a rolling up and down trail through the Apache Pines of Picket Park (5818ft elevation), for a view of this
stone archway.   (photos by Nunya)

This Hike by members of Arizona Outdoor Travel Club of Phoenix Arizona
- view their hiking calendars

03/30/2008 Massai Point - to Ed Riggs Trail - to Hailstone Trail - to Echo Canyon Coronado National Forest -
Chiricahua National Monument Arizona
 The Echo Canyon Loop is every bit as impressive as the Heart of Rocks Loop - and a Must-See at Chiricahua National Monument! Go Virtual Hike with us as we once again start at Massai point (6870ft elevation) to Ed Riggs Trail, but this time take you down Hailstone Trail to beautiful Echo Canyon (6330ft elevation) to play amongst the volcanic spiraling pinnacles of standing rock.
(photos by Nunya)

This Hike by members of Arizona Outdoor Travel Club of Phoenix Arizona
- view their hiking calendars

This Hike by members of Arizona Outdoor Travel Club of Phoenix Arizona
- view their hiking calendars

03/29/2008 Massai Point - to Ed Riggs Trail -
to Inspiration Point -  to Heart of Rocks - to Sarah Deming Trail - to Lower Rhyolite Trail - Coronado National Forest - -
Chiricahua National Monument Arizona
 The Chiricahua Apache Indians called the spiral, pinnacle shaped rock formations "standing up rocks", which were formed 27 million years ago with eruptions when Turkey Creek Volcano spewed ash over 1200 square miles. Go Virtual Hike with us 8.8+ miles through this amazing display as we start from Massai Point, to Ed Riggs Trail, out to Inspiration Point, around the Heart of Rocks, and down the Sarah Deming Trail to the Lower Rhyolite Canyon in the Chiricahua National Monument of Arizona.
 (photos by Nunya)

03/28/2008 Horse Trail by Cochise Head - to Indian Creek -
Coronado National Forest - 
Chiricahua National Monument Arizona
Cochise Head, in the Chiricahua National Monument of SouthEastern Arizona - starts out our tour of a truly amazing area known as a "sky island" which supports 4 ecosystems, with spiraling pinnacle rocks reminiscent of the rock Hoodoos found in Bryce Canyon Utah. Go Virtual Hike with us as we warm up with an 8 mile stroll of Horse trail to Indian Creek, which doesn't even elude to the *wow* yet to come. (photos by Nunya)

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