Phoenix: David Miller Loop
Named after a Forest Service employee who disappeared while hiking in the late 1990s, this 6.5-mile loop links rugged high desert terrain with deep, cool forest.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 10.4
Waypoints
DML001
Location: 34.9300689697266, -111.806716918945
Trailhead: Cross creek to rusted sign for Secret Canyon Trail
DML002
Location: 34.9367599487305, -111.809020996094
Red canyon wall rises on R
DML003
Location: 34.9382705688477, -111.809967041016
Continue straight @ junction with H.S. Trail
DML004
Location: 34.9517822265625, -111.82022857666
R @ sign for David Miller Trail
DML006
Location: 34.9594535827637, -111.82048034668
Trail climbs tight switchbacks
DML007
Location: 34.9609107971191, -111.819732666016
Saddle: Look back for stunning views of red-rock country; trail descends through forest below
DML008
Location: 34.9625663757324, -111.819000244141
R @ signed junction with Bear Sign Trail; hike through thick pine forest
DML009
Location: 34.9534645080566, -111.811637878418
Pine forest gives way to cypress; trail parallels and repeatedly crosses seasonal creek
DML010
Location: 34.9480361938477, -111.796241760254
Trail partially washed out; follow cairns
DML011
Location: 34.9455642700195, -111.794937133789
Keep straight after Bear Sign trail marker
DML012
Location: 34.9372901916504, -111.794776916504
Turn R to follow FR 152 one mile back to trailhead
DML005
Location: 34.9575614929199, -111.820213317871
Forest yields to knee-high brush