Arizona hiking trails - Dorsey Spring Trail, Coconino County

   
  Put on your backcountry backpacking shoes, and hit the hiking and backpacking trail, Dorsey Spring Trail in Coconino County, Arizona is a really magnificent place to spend some time. Every Arizona hiking trail has its own character. Great outdoors trails are wonderful and plentiful in Arizona, and Dorsey Spring Trail in Coconino County is one of them. You should count on this backcountry hike taking about 2.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Throughout the warmest time of the year highs here at
    Dorsey Spring Trail reach the 80's. Summer nighttime lows plunge down to the 50's. The wintertime brings highs down to the 40's, and nighttime lows at Dorsey Spring Trail through the wintertime regularly plunge into the 20's. There's not much difference in elevation along the backpacking
and hiking trail, so you won’t have to worry about different climate zones along your hike. This backpacking and hiking trail is not that long but you should still bring some emergency supplies just in case something happens. Being 3 miles long it's a shorter type hike. This great outdoors hiking trail is on the short side with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it an excellent great outdoors trail for the average person looking for an excellent adventure. If you are in Arizona during backcountry backpacking season you have to go backcountry  
backpacking. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. This is one of many great outdoors trails in the surrounding region. Dorsey Spring Trail is situated a rather long drive from Prescott, but it is a really magnificent hiking and backpacking trail. The total elevation difference for Dorsey Spring Trail is 689 feet, and that is lower than average. Dorsey Spring Trail is a one trailhead wilderness trail, so you're looking at an in and out hike. Here in the wonderful state of Arizona trekking is the wonderful thing to do. This area does get very dry sometimes, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. Around Dorsey Spring Trail you don’t get a lot of rainfall; during the month of August you get the most rain around here, and June is the month with the least moisture.

Briefly about the general area:
If you came to camp White Horse Lake Campground is a glorious site to do that, and a good site to check out is Calcord Canyon. Camping at Sedona RV Resort is always a nice experience; a short spree to Babes Hole Spring is always worthwhile.
Dorsey Spring is a delightful location to stop by while you're at Dorsey Spring Trail.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 35.0577, Longitude -111.9263
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Total in and out hiking length = 3 miles

Total climbing distance = 1 miles

Difficulty : Medium

Casual Hiking Pace: 2.5 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 1.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 689 feet


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 Trails Near Dorsey Spring Trail:
Little Lookout Trail, Coconino County , 1 miles away,  3.2 hiking miles, 1264 feet elevation difference
Winter Cabin Trail, Coconino County , 2 miles away,  10.6 hiking miles, 2664 feet elevation difference
Taylor Cabin Trail, Coconino County , 4 miles away,  4.8 hiking miles, 1794 feet elevation difference
Loy Butte Five, Yavapai County , 6 miles away, 4.8 hiking miles, 2111 feet elevation difference
Casner Mountain Trail Eight, Yavapai County , 7 miles away, 6.2 hiking miles, 2312 feet elevation difference
Mooney Trail, Yavapai County , 8 miles away, 6 hiking miles, 1852 feet elevation difference
Sycamore Basin Trail, Yavapai County , 9 miles away,  24.6 hiking miles, 2278 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Dorsey Spring Trail:
White Horse Lake Campground, Coconino County, 6 miles away
Sedona RV Resort, Sedona, 13 miles away
Side Rock Campground, Coconino County, 14 miles away
Banjo Bill Campground, Coconino County, 14 miles away
Pine Flat Campground, Coconino County, 14 miles away
 National Parks Near Dorsey Spring Trail:
Walnut Canyon National Monument, Flagstaff - AZ , 27 miles away
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Flagstaff - AZ , 27 miles away
Montezuma Castle National Monument, Camp Verde - AZ , 29 miles away
 Hotels Near Dorsey Spring Trail:
Enchantment Resort, Sedona , 12 miles away
Sedona Pines Resort, Sedona , 13 miles away
Junipine Resort, Sedona , 14 miles away
Sedona Summit Resort, Sedona , 14 miles away
Casa Sedona, Sedona , 14 miles away

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