Backlit Saguaro
Location: 33.5932846069336, -112.088073730469
©Bob Wold
Cacti
Location: 33.595832824707, -112.080780029297
©Bob Wold
Ocotillo at sunrise
Location: 33.5913352966309, -112.087684631348
©Bob Wold
SNC001
Location: 33.598201751709, -112.066802978516
From parking area, head SW on side trail; in 250 ft., R @ T onto Trail 100
SNC002
Location: 33.598461151123, -112.070602416992
Bear R @ Y, hiking NW. In .3 mi., turn R @ T onto Trail #306 to start loop
SNC003
Location: 33.6036491394043, -112.074501037598
Pass trailhead on R, then go L @ 4-way onto 4×4 road. In .2 mi., road zigs L for ridgeline climb past barrel cactus, ocotillo
SNC004
Location: 33.5952682495117, -112.086494445801
Turn L @ Y for .2-mi. push to Shaw Butte, an exposed flattop spiked with radio towers
SNC005
Location: 33.5938262939453, -112.086654663086
Shaw Butte (2,149 ft.): Look out across Valley of the Sun, ringed by distant ridgelines; retrace to WPT 4, turn L
SNC006
Location: 33.5897483825684, -112.087600708008
Turn L @ T for descent E; ignore roads that cross path. In .4 mi., L @ T onto Trail 100. Go .2 mi. more and bear R @ Y (stay on 100)
SNC007
Location: 33.5941314697266, -112.073196411133
Turn R @ 3-way onto Trail 100a. In .4 mi., turn R @ 3-way onto trail winding S
SNC008
Location: 33.5893783569336, -112.066902160645
Bear R @ Y onto paved North Mtn. Summit Rd.
SNC009
Location: 33.5876502990723, -112.066925048828
Turn R to stay on road. In 400 ft., trail curves to SW in scrubby foothills
SNC010
Location: 33.5851707458496, -112.07209777832
North Mtn. (2,104 ft.): Squaw Peak's folds break up cityscape to SE; retrace steps to WPT 7 and turn R (N) onto Trail 100
SNC011
Location: 33.5978889465332, -112.071998596191
Turn R @ 4-way; retrace steps to parking lot
Sunrise
Location: 33.5946617126465, -112.08406829834
©Bob Wold
Views from North Mountain
Location: 33.5854225158691, -112.072036743164
©Bob Wold
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