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| | Each hiking trail in Arizona has something unique to offer. You can't spend all your time indoors you need to get out once in a while, and Granite Mountain Trail Number Two Hundred Sixty One in Yavapai County, Arizona is such a perfect location. If you are in Arizona during hiking season you have to go hiking. Granite Mountain Trail Number Two Hundred Sixty One is a mid-length backpacking trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes this great outdoors trail fine for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. At parts of the year this area |
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sees very little rain, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. Throughout the summer months highs here at Granite Mountain Trail Number Two Hundred Sixty One get into the 80's. All through the dark hours of summer temperatures sink down into the
| | 50's. The wintertime brings highs down to the 50's while the cold winter nights at Granite Mountain Trail Number Two Hundred Sixty One are in the 10's. The wilderness hiking trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time which means the conditions are about the same from start to finish. Granite Mountain Trail Number Two Hundred Sixty One is a backpacking and hiking trail rather far from Prescott, but you always have a perfect time when you're backcountry backpacking along it. Not much precipitation falls here at Granite Mountain Trail | |
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Number Two Hundred Sixty One; the month of August is the wettest with most of the rain; June meanwhile is the driest month. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in place. This is a long wilderness trail, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip.
This is one of many great outdoors trails in the surrounding vicinity. Arizona has plenty of good hiking trails; one of them being Granite Mountain Trail Number Two Hundred Sixty One in Yavapai County. The total elevation difference for Granite Mountain Trail Number Two Hundred
Sixty One is 588 feet, and that is lower than average. This great outdoors trail has two trailheads which means you have the option of trekking it one way if you have someone to pick you up at the other end. You should count on this walk taking about 6 hours, but of course some
people walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. Here in the good state of Arizona trekking never gets boring. Being 6.4 miles long it's a mid length backcountry walk.
Briefly about the general area:
Camping is available at Horsethief Cabin - Prescott National Forest,
and if you're here, you could explore Iron Springs Wash. A great place like Granite Basin here at Granite Mountain Trail Number Two Hundred Sixty One is too magnificent to miss; a spree to Clark Spring will fill your soul with magnificent feelings.
Granite Basin Dam is an out
of the ordinary thing to check out, and a great forest close by is Prescott National Forest. Life's too short to enjoy all the amusing stuff in close proximity to Granite Mountain Trail Number Two Hundred Sixty One. A fine site to explore close to Granite Mountain Trail Number
Two Hundred Sixty One is Blair Pass, and if you're visiting from Prescott, you won't be the only one.
Camping at Granite Basin Group - Prescott National Forest is always a wonderful experience, and don't leave Granite Mountain Trail Number Two Hundred Sixty One without first paying a visit to Alkali Spring.
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Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 34.6195, Longitude -112.5554
- - Directions and Road Map
Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 34.6223, Longitude -112.5957
- - Directions and Road Map
Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 3.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.5 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
3 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
1.5 hours
Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 3.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.4 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
3 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
1.5 hours
| | Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 6.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.9 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
6 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
4 hours
Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 6.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.9 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
6 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
4 hours
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Total elevation difference: 588 feet
Hotel St. Michael, Prescott
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8 miles away
Hotel St. Michael is known as the cornerstone of Whiskey Row. The hotel is ideally located downtown, right on the courthouse plaza in the culture center of Prescott. Walk to Prescott s best restaura...
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Springhill Suites By Marriott Prescott, Prescott
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8 miles away
2 blocks from Courthouse Square in historic Whiskey Row, suites with areas for sleeping, working, relaxing; free Wi-Fi; pantry with mini-fridge, microwave, coffee maker. Fitness room, pool, free daily...
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User input for Granite Mountain Trail Number Two Hundred Sixty One, Yavapai County, Arizona:
Outdoors Recreation Near Prescott, Arizona
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| | Trails Near Granite Mountain Trail Number Two Hundred Sixty One:
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Little Granite Mountain Trail Number Thiry Seven, Yavapai
County
, 2 miles away, 10.2 hiking miles, 1392 feet elevation difference |
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Sierra Prieta Crest Trail Nmber Two Hundred Sixty Four, Yavapai
County
, 6 miles away, 3 hiking miles, 608 feet elevation difference |
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Mount Francis Trail Forty Eight, Yavapai
County
, 9 miles away, 1.9 hiking miles, 1162 feet elevation difference |
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Groom Creek Loop Trail, Yavapai
County
, 13 miles away, 7.7 hiking miles, 1353 feet elevation difference |
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| | Hotels Near Granite Mountain Trail Number Two Hundred Sixty One:
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Hotel St. Michael, Prescott
, 8 miles away |
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Springhill Suites By Marriott Prescott, Prescott
, 8 miles away |
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Hassayampa Inn, Prescott
, 8 miles away |
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Hotel Vendome, Prescott
, 8 miles away |
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Americas Best Value Inn, Prescott
, 8 miles away |
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