Road To Granite Mountain Juniper

Follow the road about 3 miles back to the trailhead parking area at the end of the loop road.

Road to granite mountain juniper.

Many arizona state parks host fun educational star parties or astronomy events. At the end of this trail is the giant alligator juniper tree that the granite mountain hotshots saved from the doce fire on june 18th 2013. But granite mountain is nowhere near bedrock city and time spent there is more about adventure than amore. Once you turn on to it the fr374 sign is a few hundred feet down the road.

It sounds like the kind of place that fred and barney would take wilma and betty for a romantic weekend. But for the intervention of the hotshots it might today be nothing more than a lifeless charred trunk victim of one fire too many. That s not to say you won t fall in love because you will. If you hike in from contreras road add 1 6 mi.

There is a sign for granite basin road. 2011 09 16 garry milo there is no sign for fr374. Here you are on trail 38. The 20 man granite mountain hotshots team was aware of the ancient alligator juniper that grew in view of both mountains for centuries.

Visiting the juniper during a loop hike of upper pasture trail 38 little granite mountain trail 37 and white rock spring trail 39 is 6 6 mi. It is believed to be the largest and oldest of its kind in the world. Hiking to the massive 2000 year old alligator juniper tree near prescott az. Revered and respected that tree stood in the line of fire.

There is a path around the gate to the right. From phx i 10 az 51 2 hours 18 mins from tuc jct 1 10 grant 3 hours 46 mins. Follow the road to that gate. Look up the hill and you will see a gate.

Twelve days later on june 30th 2013 19 of the 20 hotshots died fighting the yarnell hill fire. Our astronomy program has been in operation since 2007 and continues to grow with each exciting event. You ll see a brown marker for trail 38 and a wooden sign pointing out the direction for upper pasture trail 38 junction white rock springs trail 39 and junction little granite mountain trail 37. Access and camping the side road to granite mountain branches north off the iron springs road 4 5 miles from prescott town center this enters the prescott national forest but unlike most such land free camping is not permitted though there is a nice nfs campsite 18 per night in 2020 next to the road set in open pine forest between rounded boulders and patches of coarse clean granitic.