Sunday, November 29, 2015

Hike #43 - East Mountain Trail - Peoria, AZ

Hike #43

Date: November 29
Hikers: Me

Location: Peoria, AZ
Distance: 2.5 Miles
Rating: Easy
Time: 30 minutes

Trailhead Link:https://www.peoriaaz.gov/uploadedFiles/Peoriaaz/Departments/Community_Services/River_Trails/TrailsMap.pdf

http://arizonahiking.blogspot.com/2014/12/east-wing-mountain-trails.html

Just finished a hike and decided to do another to get to my 51 hikes by the end of the year. Since I was in the area I googled what was close and this hike was 5 miles away from where I was.

Not much to say. It is in a brand new housing development.  The trail seems to be mostly used by bicycles and maybe quads.  Some of the tire marks were pretty big.  I did not see anyone on the trail. There is a very nice park at the trailhead. A couple kids were playing and there is restrooms and water. I would not go back to this area but there are several other mountains around that may have trails.  Might go check them out with my All Trails app active.

The link above showed a couple hikes that I did not know about.  Thanks to the arizonahiking.blogspot for posting that with their hike.  It's amazing the info you can find on the internet.

Enjoy the pictures.



There is a large parking lot and a big field where kids can play.  The trailhead is on the south end of the park. Easy to find.  I actually followed a group of kids on their bike into the trail and then they disappeared.  Never saw a soul after that. 



I am sure you could adventure into the mountains. I saw a couple paths. However my phone was not charged since I used it for this mornings hike and I did not want to get lost alone.  

View to the North

View to the East. You can see parts of the 303 to the North East. 


Entrance back into the park  


My phone was dying so I saved my MapMyHike and then started it back up. The hike was 2.4 exactly what the review said.  
Can't count this for my 100 miles in 100 days because it is not in a Maricopa Park.  But I can count it for my 51! 

Hike #43 Accomplished. 
8 to go! 

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