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| | Wilderness hiking trails for hiking, and backpacking can be found all over Arizona; one of them being Castle Creek Trail in Yavapai County. Ok, you've been cooped up too long, time to get out in nature a bit, and if you happen to be in Yavapai County of Arizona, Castle Creek Trail is a fine local hiking and backpacking trail for doing a bit of leg stretching. Each one of the many great outdoors hiking trails of Arizona has its own unique splendor. Castle Creek Trail is 7.6 miles long it's an average length great outdoors trail. Castle Creek Trail is a one |
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trailhead hiking trail, so you'll be backcountry hiking it in and back out. Summer at Castle Creek Trail arrives with high temperatures in the 80's. When the night sets in temperatures plunge down into the 50's. The winter comes with highs in the 40's with winter lows in the 20's
| | overnight here at Castle Creek Trail. Castle Creek Trail goes through some very different elevations which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the great outdoors trail. Here in Arizona hiking is something that is always fun to do. You'll have to go far from Prescott to get to Castle Creek Trail, but backcountry backpacking along this hiking and backpacking trail is very amusing. Castle Creek Trail is a normal length wilderness trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes this a very tough | |
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great outdoors hiking trail for advanced walkers looking for an excellent challenge. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in place. This backcountry walk shouldn't take more than 6.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get
stuck so be prepared for that. This backpacking and hiking trail sometimes gets very dry, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. This is a long backpacking and hiking trail, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies.
This is one of many great outdoors hiking trails in the surrounding neighborhood. From a precipitation point of view Castle Creek Trail is a pretty normal location; August is the month that gets the most rain while June is the month with the least amount of precipitation. This
part of Arizona has a great deal of available outdoors endeavors. This hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 2,619 feet which is higher than average.
Briefly about the general area:
Tiger Canyon is a glorious place to pop by close to Castle Creek Trail, and
don't leave Castle Creek Trail without first paying a visit to Burnt Ground Spring. Bill Arp Creek is one of the streams nearby that might be worth checking out; Mud Spring is an inspiring spot to explore while here.
Castle Creek Trail is wonderful enough to spend more than
a day at, Hazlett Hollow Campground is a wonderful local campground, and let's not forget East Boulder Creek which is a stream that you may run into while you're here. So much enjoyable stuff to do here at Castle Creek Trail, too magnificent to be true. If you're visiting Castle
Creek Trail from Prescott, you won't be the only one. Horsethief Basin is a great place to stretch your legs a bit. There's so much to do here at Castle Creek Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Kentuck Spring Campground is a fine site for that.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 34.1768, Longitude -112.2658
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 7.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.9 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
6.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
4 hours
Total elevation difference: 2619 feet
Hampton Inn Phoenix/Anthem, Phoenix
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19 miles away
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Outdoors Recreation Near Prescott, Arizona
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More Hotels and Campgrounds Near Castle Creek Trail, Yavapai County, Arizona
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| These outdoors activities are available near Castle Creek Trail. |
| | Trails Near Castle Creek Trail:
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Twin Peaks Trail, Yavapai
County
, 2 miles away, 10.2 hiking miles, 2992 feet elevation difference |
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Willow Spring Trail, Yavapai
County
, 2 miles away, 8 hiking miles, 1533 feet elevation difference |
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Algonquin Trail, Yavapai
County
, 4 miles away, 5.5 hiking miles, 2168 feet elevation difference |
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Tiptop Trail, Yavapai
County
, 5 miles away, 5 hiking miles, 1350 feet elevation difference |
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Lane Mountain Trail, Yavapai
County
, 6 miles away, 3.7 hiking miles, 3085 feet elevation difference |
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Bull Run Trail, Yavapai
County
, 8 miles away, 7.8 hiking miles, 2681 feet elevation difference |
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Bradshaw Trail, Yavapai
County
, 9 miles away, 6.2 hiking miles, 2026 feet elevation difference |
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| | Hotels Near Castle Creek Trail:
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Hampton Inn Phoenix/Anthem, Phoenix
, 19 miles away |
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Americas Best Value Inn/Prescott Valley, Prescott Valley
, 24 miles away |
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Hampton Inn Prescott, Prescott
, 24 miles away |
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Holiday Inn Express PRESCOTT, Prescott
, 24 miles away |
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Forest Villas Hotel, Prescott
, 24 miles away |
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