Arizona hiking trails - Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail, San Francisco Mountains, Greenlee County

   
  Every Arizona backcountry trail is charming in its own way. You'll need to go far from Safford to get to Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail, but great outdoors hiking trails like these are brilliant. Alright, enough of spending all this time inside a building, time to get out, and Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail in Greenlee County, Arizona is a really brilliant spot to spend some time. Going for a trek here in Arizona is a great idea. All through the warm months highs here at Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail get into the 70's. Once the sun is down it sinks
    down to the 40's. The wintertime comes with highs in the 40's, and night lows in the 10's for Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail. This is a hiking trail that is quite long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail is generally a rather waterless
spot; the wettest month of the year is generally August, that's the one that rains the most, and May on the other hand is the driest. This is one of many great outdoors trails in the surrounding region. Backcountry trekking here in the San Francisco Mountains is a very great way to see these mountaintops. This great outdoors hiking trail has two trailheads which means you have the option of backcountry backpacking it one way if you have someone to pick you up at the other end. Of course, this is an overnight walk, 4.5 days normally, so make sure you've  
got all your overnight gear packed. Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail is a very long great outdoors hiking trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes it a glorious great outdoors trail for experienced backcountry trekkers in magnificent shape. As long as you like the outdoors you will like Arizona. The total elevation difference for Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail is 2,887 feet, and that is higher than average. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in location. Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail is 29.2 miles long; it's longer than many hiking and backpacking trails. This 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. Hiking trails for backpacking, and backpacking can be found all over Arizona; one of them being Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail in Greenlee County. This hiking and backpacking trail goes through some very different elevations, so keep in mind that you may need to dress differently at different elevations.

Briefly about the general area:
near Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail you'll come across a wooded area called Alpine Ranger District; if you come at the right time of year, Blue River offers some good whitewater. You definitely ought to adore the San Francisco Mountains. Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail is good enough to spend more than a day at, Hannagan Campground is a good local campground, and don't forget to take a magnificent little journey to Panther Creek.
Grasshopper Spring is always fun to check out, and Moonshine Park is right here at Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail. These mountains rock, just look at all the entertaining things to do in the San Francisco Mountains. Near Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail you find Red Saddles which is a great site to have a look at; Raspberry Basin is a tremendous location here at Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail. There are some good whitewater spots on Black River - East Fork; it's a tremendous idea to pop by Steeple Creek.
And if that's not sufficient, there's plenty more to do right next door to Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail. If you came to camp Stray Horse Campground is a delightful spot to do that, and Mud Spring is a good local attraction.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 33.5729, Longitude -109.179
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Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 33.5438, Longitude -109.2021
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Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 14.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 7.3 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 2.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 7.5 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 14.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 5.8 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 2 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 7 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 29.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 13.1 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 4.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 3 days

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 29.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 13.1 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 4.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 3 days

Total elevation difference: 2887 feet


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 Trails Near Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail:
Raspberry Trail Thirty-five, Greenlee County , 4 miles away, 8.1 hiking miles, 3036 feet elevation difference
KP Trail Seventy, Greenlee County , 5 miles away,  15.2 hiking miles, 2663 feet elevation difference
Foote Creek Seventy-six Trail, Greenlee County , 6 miles away, 9.5 hiking miles, 2865 feet elevation difference
Stray Horse Canyon Trail Twenty, Greenlee County , 6 miles away,  13.6 hiking miles, 894 feet elevation difference
Lengthy Canyon Trail Eighty-nine, Greenlee County , 6 miles away,  4.4 hiking miles, 1277 feet elevation difference
Salt House Eighteen Trail, Greenlee County , 7 miles away,  6.4 hiking miles, 903 feet elevation difference
Crabtree Trail Twenty-two, Greenlee County , 8 miles away,  11.2 hiking miles, 1810 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail:
Stray Horse Campground, Greenlee County, 6 miles away
Hannagan Campground, Greenlee County, 6 miles away
KP Cienega Campground, Greenlee County, 8 miles away
Blue Crossing Campground, Greenlee County, 10 miles away
Upper Blue Campground, Greenlee County, 13 miles away
 Whitewater Near Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail:
Blue River, Greenlee County County , 8 miles away, Class IV-V - 34 miles long (Blue Crossing to Forest Service Road 475)
Black River - East Fork, Apache County County , 14 miles away, Class -blank- - 18 miles long (Diamond Rock to Wildcat Point)
San Francisco River, Greenlee County County , 25 miles away, Class -blank- - 40 miles long (Alma to Clifton)
San Francisco River, Catron County County , 28 miles away, Class II - 40 miles long (Lower San Francisco Hot Springs to Clifton Arizona)
San Francisco River, Catron County County , 30 miles away, Class II-III - 40 miles long (San Francisco to Pleasanton)
 Hotels Near Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail:
Best Western Sunrise Inn, Eagar , 30 miles away

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